Also known as basal Upper Castlecliffian Sands, Castlecliffian CU1d

Where: New Zealand (39.9° S, 175.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 175.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Castlecliffian (1.6 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405 [L. Liow/F. Franeck]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173731: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 13.10.2015

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