Q08/f9847 [Pakaurangi Formation] (Miocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as N28/f847

Where: New Zealand (36.2° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 176.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pakaurangi Formation, Otaian to Otaian (21.7 - 15.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pakaurangi Formation. AGE: Otaian-Altonian (early Miocene), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, glauconitic, quartzose, tuffaceous, carbonaceous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty coarse sand, calcareous, highly quartzose; tuffaceous; glauconitic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Fleming, Grant-Mackie in 1966; reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: Fleming, C.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A., 1966. 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 155797: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., foraminifera) are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated.
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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissopsis "sp. A"
Brissopsis "sp. A" Agassiz 1840 heart urchin