L28/f8499 - Burma Road [Kaiata Mudstone] (Eocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as S24/f0499

Where: New Zealand (41.6° S, 171.9° E: paleocoordinates 54.0° S, 179.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kaiata Mudstone Formation, Kaiatan to Kaiatan (39.1 - 34.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, but probably Kaiata Mudstone. AGE: Kaiatan-Runangan (late Eocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified mudstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but probably poorly lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wilding in 1945; reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: Wilding, A.P.B., 1945. 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 155830: 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
Schizaster "sp. A"
Schizaster "sp. A" Agassiz 1835 heart urchin