Waipara River M34/fl138: Selandian - Thanetian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda
Waimanu tuatahi n. sp. Slack et al. 2006
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Deflandrea foveolata
Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae
Palaeocystodinium golzowense Alberti 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.0° South, 172.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.4° South, 159.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Selandian - Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval: 61.6 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waipara Greensand
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Palaeocystodinium golzowense "indicates local Teurian Stage" and Deflandrea foveolata indicates the D. foveolata stage that is "roughly Selandian or early Late Paleocene": formation is entirely Teurian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Canterbury Museum collection
Taxonomic list comments:microfossil list is incomplete
Metadata
Database number:85839
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-01-16 16:42:36 Last modified:2023-05-04 12:34:50
Access level:the public Released:2009-01-16 16:42:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19864. K. E. Slack, C. M. Jones, T. Ando, G. L. Harrison, R. E. Fordyce, U. Arnason, and D. Penny. 2006. Early penguin fossils, plus mitochondrial genomes, calibrate avian evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23(6):1144-1155 [O. Will/O. Will]