Also known as GS 9572
Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 178.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gee Greensand Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• early Altonian, lower Miocene
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
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 205330: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lima colorata Hutton 1873 file clam | |
Clavagella omarutica n. sp.
Clavagella omarutica n. sp. clam | |
Nemocardium (Varicardium) patulum Hutton 1873 cockle |