Conway
45 occ.
10 taxa (1 genera)
1 countries
Description
The Conway Formation, previously known as the Laidmore Formation, is a Campanian to Danian geologic formation in the South Island of New Zealand and therefore crosses the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. Plesiosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata. The Conway Formation is part of the Eyre Group and Haerenga Supergroup.
Genera
1 genera
Temporal range
252
201
145
66
0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Eyre
13
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
45
Depositional environments
offshore
14
foreshore
13
basinal (siliciclastic)
10
Marine indet.
4
Carbonate indet.
2
offshore shelf
1
basinal (carbonate)
1
Top collectors
McKay
13
Haast
13
H. Travers
13
A. McKay
9
H. H. Travers
5
R. L. Holmes
3
J. Haast
2
S. Bunopas
2
S. Piyasin
2
S. J. H. Sylvester
2
T. H. C. Hood
2
T. R. Withell
2
Collection activity by decade
1850s
2
1860s
18
1870s
29
1920s
5
1960s
1
1970s
1
1980s
1