Latest Cretaceous to earliest Paleogene molluscan faunas of New Zealand : changes in composition as a consequence of the break-up of Gondwana and extinction

• Main Author: Stilwell, Jeffrey D.
• Other Authors: Fordyce, Ewan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Flop; Marwick; New Zealand; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8236

Uppermost Cretaceous (Campanian?-Maastrichtian) to lowermost Paleogene (Paleocene) rocks of New Zealand contain an exceptional record of Bivalvia, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. The composition of these faunas is closely linked with the separation of New Zealand from the East Antarctic-Australian sector...