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First Diagnostic Carboniferous Fossils from New Zealand

Authors :
JENKINS, D. G.
JENKINS, T. B. H.
Source :
Nature; September 1971, Vol. 233 Issue: 5315 p117-118, 2p
Publication Year :
1971

Abstract

THE first New Zealand fossils indicative of Carboniferous age have been found in rocks from the South Canterbury region of the South Island. They are conodonts, accompanied by rare fish scales, and were obtained from the marble of the Kakahu inlier in a Tertiary area 10 miles south-west of Geraldine1: fossil sample locality No. S102/607, grid ref. 627815 (latitude 44° 09′ S, longitude 171° 04′ 30″ E).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00280836 and 14764687
Volume :
233
Issue :
5315
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Nature
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs25206403
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/233117a0