K30/f8619 - Perpendicular Point [Kaiata Mudstone] (Eocene to of New Zealand)

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty fine sand, calcareous.. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.

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

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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.
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Taimanawa prisca Henderson 1975 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus Hutton 1873 heart urchin