Burnside, Burnside Marl (Eocene of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (44.5° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 169.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Burnside Formation, Kaiatan (37.2 - 36.0 Ma)
• Burnside Marl
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74594: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.08.2007