Rifle Butts Formation
314 distinct taxa, from 667 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 19–16 Mya.
South Island, North Otago · NZ
314 taxa · 667 fossils · 19–16 MyaFiled under the Kaierero Group.
Macrostrat dates this rock 27–0.3 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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6 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Alcithoe
- Turbonilla
- Mauidrillia
- Etremopsis
- Glabella
- Peculator (Parvimitra)
- Zeacolpus
- Metamelon
- Neoguraleus (Fusiguraleus)
- Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
- Amalda (Baryspira)
- Maoricolpus
- Neilo
- Proximitra
- Sigapatella
- Tanea
- Venericardia
- Buccinulum
- Galeodea
- Lima colorata
- Nassarius (Hima)
- Penion marwicki
- Polinices (Polinella)
- Sassia
- Spissatella trailli
- Taniella
- Tomopleura
- Cirsotrema
- Coluzea
- Comitas
- Conilithes
- Corbula (Notocorbula)
- Cucullaea
- Fossacallista
- Gispyrella
- Glaphyrina
- Globisinum
- Hinnites
- Kuia
- Lentipecten hochstetteri
The 40 most often recorded, of 314.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.