Also known as Geological Survey coll. 2415
Where: Dannevirke, New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 179.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ihungia Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• From "20 ft sandstone band"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: No collection methods provided in text; material likely reposited in IGNS collections, New Zealand. Collected by A.R. Lillie (1939)
Primary reference: A.R. Lillie. 1953. The Geology of the Dannevirke Subdivision. New Zealand geological Survey Bulletin 46 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35652: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Euspinacassis muricata Finlay 1926 snail |