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Ridge Road North, Manawatu-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -39.6778,175.721 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | North Island, New Zealand |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Manawatu-Whanganui Region, New Zealand |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ridge Road North | Henderson N., Gill B. J. (2010) | Taihape Mudstone | Given the site, the fossil is likely to have come from the Taihape Mudstone (Waipipian Stage) which correlates with the Tangahoe Mudstone exposed in the west coast of the North Island south of Hawera. The fossil is probably from sediments that accumulated during the Gauss Chron and, in particular, within the normal subchron (3.220-3.110 Ma) lying between the Mammoth and Kaena Subchrons | mudstone | 3.6 - 3 Ma Pliocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Puffinus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Procellariiformes : Procellariidae : Puffinus | 3.6 - 3 Ma Pliocene |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!