N02/f7494 [Waikuku Limestone] (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as N2/f0494

Where: New Zealand (34.4° S, 173.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° S, 174.4° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waikuku Limestone Formation, Lillburnian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waikuku Limestone. AGE: Lillburnian (middle Miocene), on the basis of biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, pebbly sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coarse organic limestone; coarse sand, pebble. LITHIFICATION: Moderately soft.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Milligan, Grant-Mackie, Scarlett in 1959; reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: E.N. Milligan, J. Grant-Mackie, and R.J. Scarlett, 1959. REPOSITORY: GNS, New Zealand

Primary reference: R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155792: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., molluscs) known to be present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated.
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Diploporaster flemingi Henderson 1975 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus crawfordi Hutton 1873 heart urchin