Hampden Beach (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 11155

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.3° S, 170.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° S, 167.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hampden Formation, Bortonian (42.6 - 39.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray siltstone

• medium gray siltstone

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 205338: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium pataka n. sp. Maxwell 1978 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancillina kakano n. sp. Maxwell 1978 olive snail