Otekaike Limestone
181 distinct taxa, from 315 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 27–20 Mya.
South Island, North Otago · NZ
181 taxa · 315 fossils · 27–20 MyaFiled under the Otiake Group. Members recorded: Maerewhenua, Miller, lower, Prydes Gully, Upper.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Otiake Group, and dates it 27–22 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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18 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
- Lentipecten hochstetteri
- Spissatella trailli
- Maoricolpus
- Notocorbula humerosa
- Chaeomysticeti
- Cucullaea worthingtoni
- Limopsis
- Dosina
- Hertha otakauica
- Kuia
- Nucula
- Rautangaroa aotearoa
- Zeacuminia
- Zelandimetra neozelandiae
- Aethocola (Aethocola) affiliata
- Amalda (Baryspira)
- Baryspira robusta
- Cirsotrema
- Comaster meyerensis
- Dentalium solidum
- Fossacallista
- Magnatica planispira
- Maoricrypta
- Rugobela semilaevigata
- Spinomelon
- Stenometra otekaikeensis
- Vicetiametra otiakeensis
- Waharoa ruwhenua
- Xenophora
- Zeacolpus
- Acropoma serrata
- Amphorometra waitakiana
- Argentina subfrigida
- Astraea
- Austrotoma
- Caryocorbula
- Centroberyx worthyi
- Cetacea
- Cheilea
- Chlamys
The 40 most often recorded, of 181.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.