K31/f8467 - Brunner Mine [Kaiata Mudstone]: Kaiatan, New Zealand
collected by Hector, McKay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster informal sp. A Agassiz 1835
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 42.4° South, 171.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.0° South, 179.2° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Kaiatan
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 36.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kaiata Mudstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, but probably Kaiata Mudstone. AGE: Kaiatan (late Eocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but probably poorly lithified.
Environment:offshore
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:Hector, McKay
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A.J. Hector, A. McKay. 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:S44/f0467
Database number:155836
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-05-02 23:02:38 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-02 23:02:38
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]