L35/f7517 - Burnt Hill (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as S75/f0516

Where: New Zealand (43.4° S, 172.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° S, 179.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waiauan (13.1 - 11.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Waiauan (middle Miocene), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, glauconitic, phosphatic sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: fine-medium sand, non-calcareous, phosphatic, glauconitic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Grant-Mackie, Ballance

• COLLECTOR: Grant-Mackie, J.A., Balance, P.F. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

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 155843: 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
Taimanawa pulchella
Taimanawa pulchella Henderson and Fell 1969 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Lambertona perlexa
Lambertona perlexa heart urchin