R13/f6677 - Waikawau Stream [Elgood Limestone] (Paleogene of New Zealand)

Also known as N51/f0677

Where: New Zealand (37.5° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° S, 180.0° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elgood Limestone Member (Glen Massey Formation), Whaingaroan (34.6 - 27.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Elgood Limestone Member of the Glen Massey Formation. AGE: lower Whaingaroan (early Oligocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone, sandy matrix. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Purser

• COLLECTOR: Purser, B., 1952. REPOSITORY: Auckland University, 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 155801: 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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