Also known as GS 6065
Where: New Zealand (39.0° S, 175.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 177.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Sandstones. A Southland series or Tongaporutuan age (Middle to early Late Miocene).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Gregg et al. Likely to be reposited in IGNS (N.Z. Geol. Surv.) collections.
Primary reference: D. R. Gregg. 1960. The geology of Tongarairo Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 40 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45032: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Barnea (Anchomasa) sp. Leach 1852 clam | |
Maorimactra cf. acuminella Finlay 1930 clam | |
Bartrumia tenuiplicata Bartrum 1919 tellin clam |