M34/f1074, Waipara River: Selandian - Thanetian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda
Sequiwaimanu rosieae n. gen., n. sp. Mayr et al. 2017
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:Canterbury
Coordinates: 43.1° South, 172.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.5° South, 159.3° 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:bed
Stratigraphy comments: a sediment sample taken from these strata includes a dinoflagellate species, which was named Apteodinium ‘trifolliculum’ by Browne et al. (2016:404) and is otherwise only known from the early late Teurian stage (about 61 Ma; Chris Clowes, pers. comm.).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:161199
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:C. Peredo, M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-09-02 13:30:09 Last modified:2023-05-04 12:37:07
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-02 13:30:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64784. G. Mayr, V. L. De Pietri, L. Love, A. A. Mannering, and R. P. Scofield. 2017. A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1398169:1-19 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

52520 G. S. Boardman and B. W. Schubert. 2011. First Mio-Pliocene salamander fossil assemblage from the southern Appalachians. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(2):16A [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]