Also known as S37/f0619
Where: New Zealand (42.1° S, 171.3° E: paleocoordinates 54.6° S, 179.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kaiata Mudstone Formation, Kaiatan to Kaiatan (37.2 - 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: coastal; lithified, fine-grained, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Schofield, Wellman in 1949; reposited in the IGNS
• COLLECTOR: Schofield, J.C.; Wellman, H.W., 1949. 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 155831: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Taimanawa prisca Henderson 1975 heart urchin | |
Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus Hutton 1873 heart urchin |