N69/f500 - Rurima Rocks (Pleistocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 5509

Where: New Zealand (37.8° S, 176.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 177.0° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castlecliffian (1.6 - 0.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Castlecliffian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but probably poorly lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Healy in 1948; reposited in the IGNS

• COLLECTOR: Healy, J. REPOSITORY: GNS, New Zealand

Primary reference: R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155829: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Spatangoida. Other taxonomic groups (e.g., foraminifera) are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative nomenclature, although somewhat antiquated.
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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissopsis "sp. C"
Brissopsis "sp. C" Agassiz 1840 heart urchin