Where: Marlborough, New Zealand (41.9° S, 174.1° E: paleocoordinates 57.5° S, 170.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Mead Hill Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• RP4 radiolarian zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: C. J. Hollis, B. D. Field, K. M. Rodgers and C. P. Strong. 2003. Stratigraphic, paleontological and geochemical data from Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene strata in southeastern Marlborough, New Zealand. Science Report Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (9)1-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95905: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.05.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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