Also known as S56/f541; GS10394
Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 144.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tarapuhi Grit Formation, Piripauan (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tarapuhi Grit, which conformably overlies Okarahia Sandstone, and is conformably overlain by the Conway Sandstone. AGE: Piripauan (=Coniacian-Santonian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near base of unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Warren in 1969; reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: G. Warren, 1969. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: G. Warren and I. Speden. 1977. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff District, South Marlborough. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83531: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Entolium aff. membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop |