N42/f1 [Waitemata Group] (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (36.8° S, 175.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° S, 177.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waitemata Group, Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the basal Waitemata Group. AGE: Otaian (early Miocene), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but probably lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jones; reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: Jones, B., 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 155800: 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 - Schizasteridae
Opissaster rotundatus
Opissaster rotundatus Zittel 1864 heart urchin