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Wells, P E. (1986). An estuarine fossil assemblage from the Mangaoranga Formation (Upper Miocene), Wairarapa, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 16 (4), 307-317
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Wells, P E
1986
An estuarine fossil assemblage from the Mangaoranga Formation (Upper Miocene), Wairarapa, New Zealand
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
16 (4), 307-317
Publication
An assemblage of rarely-preserved Upper Miocene estuarine fossils is exposed in basal mudstones of the Mangaoranga Formation by the Ruamahanga River near Mt. Bruce, northern Wairarapa. The assemblage represents the biota accumulated on the mudflat of an estuary of a river carrying brackish-water molluscs and vegetation derived both from warm temperate forests and cool temperate uplands. Wave action carried in offshore molluscan debris and shells living on nearby rocky outcrops, depositing them in the estuary at high tides
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Cominella (Josepha) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † accepted as Cominella (Cominula) graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † represented as Cominella graemei P. E. Wells, 1986 † (original description)
Taxonia gudrunae P. E. Wells, 1986 † (original description)
Zefallacia ruamahanga P. E. Wells, 1986 † (original description)
Taxonia gudrunae P. E. Wells, 1986 † (original description)
Zefallacia ruamahanga P. E. Wells, 1986 † (original description)
