Also known as GS 170

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.1° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 178.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rifle Butts Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

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 205340: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2019

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