Where: New Zealand (39.9° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 78.3° S, 46.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Kowhai Point Siltstone Formation (Kirikiri Group), Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 157.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, concretionary, gray limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original silica, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: Y. Aita and J. Grant-MacKie. 1992. Late Jurassic radiolaria from the Kowhai point siltstone, Murihiku Terrane, North Island, New Zealand. Centenary of Japanese Micropaleontology 375-382 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53784: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 14.09.2005

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