ammonites
N159/f762 [Maringi Fm] (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Also known as V1616

Where: New Zealand (40.9° S, 176.1° E: paleocoordinates 74.9° S, 164.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maringi Formation (Mangapurupuru Group), Motuan (103.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Maringi Fm, which unconformably overlies Torlesse greywacke, and is overlain by the Springhill Fm (Cenomanian). AGE: Motuan (=Albian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic paleoenvironment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Grey siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Wellman; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: H. Wellman, JW = ?. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: M. R. Johnston. 1980. Geology of the Tinui-Awatoitoi District. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 94:1-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83450: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2008

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