Also known as GS3987, GS3991

Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° S, 170.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weston Member (Totara Limestone Formation), Runangan (36.0 - 34.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS:From Weston Mbr of the Totara Limestone, which overlies the Waiareka Volcani Fm (Kaiatan), and overlain locally by Deborah Volcanic Fm (Whaingaroan). AGE: Runangan of Gage (1957) = Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64819: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2006

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