Also known as GS5792

Where: New Zealand (38.4° S, 177.3° E: paleocoordinates 75.2° S, 170.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karekare Siltstone Formation, Urutawan (108.4 - 103.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Karekare Siltstone of the Taitai Series, which conformably overlies the Te Wera Sandstone (Albian). AGE: Urutawan of Wellman (1956) = Middle to Upper Albian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 40 ft above base of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Wellman in 1953; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: H. W. Wellman, 1953. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: I.G. Speden. 1975. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Raukumara Peninsula. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 91 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83406: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2008

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