S19 Baton River (Paleogene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (41.3° S, 172.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° S, 179.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Whaingaroan (34.6 - 27.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• marly greensands above coal

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89020: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora granulata Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral