Where: Marlborough, New Zealand (41.8° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 56.9° S, 170.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (65.5 - 61.7 Ma)
• RP3 radiolarian zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: C. J. Hollis, B. D. Field, K. M. Rodgers and C. P. Strong. 2003. Stratigraphic, paleontological and geochemical data from Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene strata in southeastern Marlborough, New Zealand. Science Report Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (9)1-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95883: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2010