Also known as N162/f807; V1006
Where: New Zealand (41.1° S, 175.9° E: paleocoordinates 75.1° S, 163.9° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Stronvar Member (Mangapokia Formation), Motuan (103.3 - 99.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stronvar Mbr of the Mangapokia Fm, which is unconformably overlain by the Gentle Annie and Springill Fm (Albian) of the Mangapururpuru Gp. The Taipo Fm interfingers with the Mangapokia Fm. AGE: Motuan (=Albian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed of unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion
Collected by Rishworth & Vella in 1960; reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: D. Rishworth, P. Vella, 1960. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: P. R. Moore and I. G. Speden. 1984. The Early Cretaceous (Albian) sequence of eastern Wairarapa, New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Society Bulletin 97:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83509: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus ipuanus clam | |
Aucellina euglypha scallop |