Where: New Zealand (43.6° S, 171.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° S, 176.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Berrydale Greensand Member (Omihi Formation), Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• Foraminifera indicate Duntroonian-Waitakian age (Andrews 1963). Greensand age often given as Waitakian (e.g. Keyes, 1972), but more recent papers (Lee & Wilson, 1979; MacKinnon et al., 1993) give age as Otaian. Stratigraphic unit is the Berrydale Greensand, according to Fryer (1999).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204195: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.09.2019, edited by Matthew Clapham

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