R15/f8020 - Motutara Point [Aotea Sandstone] (Paleogene of New Zealand)

Also known as N73/f20

Where: New Zealand (38.1° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° S, 179.6° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aotea Formation, Whaingaroan (34.6 - 27.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Aotea Formation. AGE: upper 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 sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Henderson in 1921; reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: Henderson, J., 1921. 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 155813: 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 - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus crawfordi
Pericosmus crawfordi Hutton 1873 heart urchin