K30/f8864 - Perpendicular Point [Kaiata Mudstone]: Kaiatan - Runangan, New Zealand
collected by Bowen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus
(Hutton 1873)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Paleopneustidae
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Pericosmus annosus
Henderson 1975
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° South, 171.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.6° South, 179.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kaiata Mudstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, but probably Kaiata Mudstone. AGE: Kaiatan-Runangan (late Eocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine lithified silty,calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty fine sand, calcareous.. LITHIFICATION: Lithified. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IGNS |
| Collectors: | Bowen |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Bowen, E.. REPOSITORY: GNS, New Zealand | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., foraminifera) are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | S37/f0864 | ||
| Database number: | 155833 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-02 22:44:36 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-02 22:44:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50994. | R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |