Where: New Zealand (43.7° S, 176.7° W: paleocoordinates 56.0° S, 145.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tutuiri Greensand Formation, Teurian to Teurian (66.0 - 53.0 Ma)

• Basal Tutuiri Greensand can be correlated with Subzone A within the Hemiaulus incurvus Zone of Fourtanier (1991), which spans approximately the same time interval as dinoflagellate Zone NZDP7 (ca 60 to ca 59 Ma). This is consistent with the dinocyst assemblages from the basal Tutuiri Greensand that are correlated with NZDP7. Similarly, the diatom subzone is correlated with the lower part of radiolarian zone RP6, which is in good agreement with the radiolarian assemblages.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

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 206905: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2019

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