Where: New Zealand (42.4° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 54.1° S, 178.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cobden Limestone Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Whaingaroan

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Canterbury

Primary reference: N. Hiller and D. A. MacKinnon. 2000. A reappraisal of the systematics of the Stethothyris group of brachiopods from the Cenozoic of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 43:59-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206896: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2019

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