Also known as S44/f585; GS 3341

Where: New Zealand (42.5° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° S, 173.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stillwater Mudstone Formation (Blue Bottom Group), Waiauan (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stillwater Mudstone, which overlies the Inangahua Formation (Otaian-Altonian) and underlies the Eight Mile Formation (Tongaporutuan-Waipipian) of the Blue Bottom Group. The Stillwater Mudstone includes the Tindale Limestone Member. AGE: Macrofossil biostratigraphy indicates a Waiauan-Tongaporutuan age, while microfossils suggest a Waiauan age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, concretionary, gray, blue siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: A.G. Beu, M. Gage, R.H. Hoskins, S.M. Jarman, P.A. Maxwell, S.G. Nathan. REPOSITORY: Mostly reposited at New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science), Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Primary reference: P. A. Maxwell. 1988. Late Miocene Deep-Water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: Paleoecology and Systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 55 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63089: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.08.2006, edited by Mark Uhen

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