Charlston Beach (Eocene of New Zealand)
Where: Nelson, New Zealand (41.9° S, 171.4° E: paleocoordinates 54.8° S, 176.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waitakere Limestone Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
• Medium to very coarse-grained shell sand/algal biosparite, CaCO3 96.75-98%
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: A.R. MacGregor. 1983. The Waitakere Limestone, a temperate algal carbonate in the lower Tertiary of New Zealand. J. geol. Soc. London 140:387-399 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221962: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 02.09.2021
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Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |