Also known as GS 5560
Where: Southland, New Zealand (46.2° S, 168.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.9° S, 152.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wangaloa Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Waipawan local stage = basal Ypresian. More recent literature (Stilwell, 1993; Cooper et al., 2004) suggests a Early Teurian stage = Danian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous, pebbly conglomerate and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Finlay and Marwick. Collections are likely to be reposited in IGNZ (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections.
Primary reference: H. J. Harrington. 1958. Geology of Kaitangata Coalfield. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 59 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50209: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Conominolia cf. conica snail | |
Perissodonta sp. Marten 1878 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ledina cf. taioma pointed nut clam | |
Electroma intecta pearl oyster | |
Marwickia parthiana venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinobia) ongleyi venus clam |