Swale Stream: Late Albian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Hemioon novozelandicum n. sp. Glaessner 1980
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 41.9° South, 173.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:76.0° South, 157.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Late Albian
Age range of interval: 106.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Swale Siltstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ngaterialn local stage (Latest Albian), from near the base of the Worthoceras parvum assemblage zone of Henderson (1973)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37707
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:E. Leckey Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-03-22 11:32:00 Last modified:2004-03-22 13:32:00
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-22 11:32:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10062. M. F. Glaessner. 1980. New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(6):171-192 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]