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Waitemata, New Zealand
Group | Waitemata |
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Formation(s) | Cape Rodney Koheroa Siltstone Nihotupu Pakaurangi |
Age: | 19.0 - 15.9 Ma Miocene |
Interval | Late Oligocene - Early Miocene |
Lithology | conglomerate, "limestone", sandstone/"limestone", sandstone/conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone/sandstone, "siliciclastic" |
Number of Collections | 115 |
Number of Occurrences | 321 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Muriwai | 19.0 - 15.9 Ma Miocene | limestone | 3 |
Te Kuiti - Glen Massey | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | limestone | 9 |
Te Kuiti - Mangaotuku Siltstone | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | siltstone | 12 |
Te Kuiti - Pukemiro Sandstone | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | sandstone | 11 |
Waitemata - Cape Rodney | 23.0 - 20.4 Ma Miocene | siliciclastic | 4 |
Waitemata - Koheroa Siltstone | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | sandstone/mudstone | 10 |
Waitemata - Nihotupu | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | siliciclastic | 1 |
Waitemata - Pakaurangi | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | siliciclastic | 5 |
Waitemata - Pakaurangi - Waiteroa | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | sandstone | 4 |
Recorded Fossils
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!