Also known as Chatham Island

Where: Chatham Islands Territory, New Zealand (43.8° S, 176.7° W: paleocoordinates 56.4° S, 144.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Takatika Grit Formation (Tioriori Group), Early/Lower Paleocene to Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 58.7 Ma)

• P2 unit, which overlies the Upper nodular-phosphate and bone package horizon (NPB)

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•late early-middle Paleocene: 62.5-60 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. C. Blokland, C. M. Reid, T. H. Worthy, A. J. D. Tennyson, J. A. Clarke and R. P. Scofield. 2019. Chatham Island Paleocene fossils provide insight into the palaeobiology, evolution, and diversity of early penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes). Palaeontologia Electronica 22(3):78:1-92 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207006: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.12.2019

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