GS 490, S136 Isolated Hill, Kakanui (Paleogene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (45.2° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 172.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Whaingaroan (34.6 - 27.3 Ma)
• breccia underlying Ototara Limestone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified breccia
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 89133: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.05.2009
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Flabellum apertum Moseley 1876 stony coral |