Rockfall Beach (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 11188

Where: South Island, New Zealand (46.0° S, 167.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 176.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Gari Sand Member (Park Bluff Formation), Lillburnian (15.1 - 13.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1978. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, with descriptions of new taxa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1):15-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205323: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hedecardium (Titanocardium) marwicki n. sp. Maxwell 1978 cockle