R14/f8016 - Ponganui Inlet [Raglan Limestone] (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as N64/f16

Where: New Zealand (37.8° S, 174.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° S, 179.2° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raglan Limestone Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Raglan Limestone. AGE: Duntroonian (mid 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, glauconitic limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Very coarse limestone, glauconitic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Henderson in 1969

• COLLECTOR: Henderson, R., 1969. 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 155823: 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
Eupatagus rostratus
Eupatagus rostratus d'Archiac 1850 heart urchin
SUBSPECIES: Eupatagus rostratus zitteli