Where: New Zealand (37.4° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 178.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Te Akatea Siltstone Formation (Te Kuiti Group), Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1970. Some new vertebrate finds in the Te Kuiti Group. Newsletter - Geological Society of New Zealand 29:1-2 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 54142: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.09.2005

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