Where: New Zealand (38.5° S, 177.3° E: paleocoordinates 70.1° S, 176.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waitahaia Formation, Arowhanan (95.2 - 92.1 Ma)
• the "sandstone unit", Arowhanan Stage, upper Cenomanian to lower Turonian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, medium, gray, blue, argillaceous sandstone
Primary reference: I. A. Speden. 1973. Distribution, stratigraphy and stratigraphic relationships of Cretaceous sediments, western Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 16(2):243-268 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37060: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 26.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus rangatira clam |