ammonites
R13/f6638 - South Head, Port Waikato (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as N51/638

Where: New Zealand (37.4° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 85.9° S, 62.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Puaroan (148.5 - 145.5 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Puaroan, zone B = Tithonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Shales. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: A.P. Mason and B.F. Purser (late 1950's). REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: B.H. Purser. 1961. Geology of the Port Waikato Region (Onewhero Sheet N51). New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 69 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63871: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2006

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