S180/f506 (Paleocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 5561

Where: Southland, New Zealand (46.3° S, 168.5° E: paleocoordinates 58.5° S, 162.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wangaloa Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Waipawan local stage = basal Ypresian. More recent literature (Stilwell, 1993; Cooper et al., 2004) suggests a Early Teurian stage = Danian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous, pebbly conglomerate and sandstone

• Paleoenvironmental data not reported.
• Marine, ferruginous quartz pebble conglomerate and sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Finlay and Marwick. Collections are likely to be reposited in IGNZ (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections.

Primary reference: H. J. Harrington. 1958. Geology of Kaitangata Coalfield. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 59 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50176: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by J. Marwick. Nomenclature revised by A, Hendy (2005) - PhD thesis
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Spineilo elongata pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Proficus obtusa" = Priscoficus
"Proficus obtusa" = Priscoficus fig shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae