Chatton Formation
61 distinct taxa, from 69 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 27–22 Mya.
South Island, Southland · NZ
61 taxa · 69 fossils · 27–22 MyaMacrostrat places this rock in the East Southland Group, in the Maui Supergroup, and dates it 27–23 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 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
- Dentex
- Evynnis abax
- Limopsis parma
- Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
- Spirocolpus
- Tonganago coplandi
- Venericardia
- Arnoglossus lautus
- Baryspira robusta
- Buccinidae
- Callochiton chattonensis
- Carapus alleni
- Centroberyx worthyi
- Chiton (Rhyssoplax)
- Cominella
- Cucullaea
- Dentalium solidum
- Divaricella
- Dosinia
- Dosinia (Raina) sodalis
- Eurypleuron debilis
- Glycymeris
- Gnathophis ornatus
- Hemerocoetes minutus
- Lachryma (Proterato) marshalli
- Leptochiton inquinatus
- Lesueurina transoceana
- Lorica
- Lotella latidorsalis
- Macruronus merlucciiformis
- Macruronus pukeuriensis
- Magnatica (Spelaenacca) sutherlandi
- Maoricrypta salebrosa
- Moringua waimumuensis
- Myrtea
- Neobythites joenielseni
- Notocallista
- Notocorbula humerosa
- Notosaria antipoda
- Nucula
The 40 most often recorded, of 61.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.