GS3186, Scotchman's Creek, Punakaiki (Miocene to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.1° S, 171.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° S, 173.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waiauan to Waiauan (13.1 - 6.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Primary reference: A. G. Beu. 1973. Nautiloids of the genus Aturia from the uppermost Miocene of Australia and New Zealand. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:297-308 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180126: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia coxi Miller 1947