R19/f8019 - Table Mountain (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as N110/f19; GS 3980

Where: New Zealand (39.0° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° S, 176.5° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tongaporutuan (11.6 - 6.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Tongaporutuan (late Miocene), on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Ellis

• COLLECTOR: H.A. Ellis. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

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 155845: 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
Opissaster tainui
Opissaster tainui Henderson 1975 heart urchin