Also known as N159/f1066; GS11555

Where: New Zealand (40.9° S, 176.0° E: paleocoordinates 74.9° S, 164.5° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mangapokia Formation (Pahaoa Group), Motuan (103.3 - 99.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mangapokia Fm, which is unconformably overlain by the Gentle Annie and Springill Fm (Albian) of the Mangapururpuru Gp. The Taipo and Stronvar Mbrs interfinger with the Mangapokia Fm. AGE: Motuan (=Albian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed of unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Moore & Speden in 1974; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: P.R. Moore and I.G. Speden, 1974. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: P. R. Moore and I. G. Speden. 1984. The Early Cretaceous (Albian) sequence of eastern Wairarapa, New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Society Bulletin 97:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83505: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2008

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