Also known as N162/f807; V1006

Where: New Zealand (41.1° S, 175.9° E: paleocoordinates 75.1° S, 163.9° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stronvar Member (Mangapokia Formation), Motuan (103.3 - 99.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stronvar Mbr of the Mangapokia Fm, which is unconformably overlain by the Gentle Annie and Springill Fm (Albian) of the Mangapururpuru Gp. The Taipo Fm interfingers 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: coastal; lithified, concretionary conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Rishworth & Vella in 1960; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: D. Rishworth, P. Vella, 1960. 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 83509: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2008

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