| 词条 | Conway Formation |
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| name = Conway Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | age = Campanian-Maastrichtian | period = Maastrichtian | prilithology = Sandstone, siltstone | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Canterbury | country = {{NZL}} | coordinates = {{coord|42.6|S|173.5|E|display=inline,title}} | paleocoordinates = {{coord|57.7|S|149.1|W|display=inline}} | unitof = Eyre Group | subunits = | underlies = Loburn Mudstone | overlies = Broken River Formation | thickness = | extent = South Island | area = | map = {{Location map+ | New Zealand | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = | lat_deg = -42.6 | lon_deg = 173.5 | mark = Lightgreen pog.svg | marksize = 12 }} | map_caption = }} The Conway 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. Fossil contentAmong others, the following fossils have been found in the formation:[1]
See also{{Portal|Geology|Paleontology|Cretaceous|Prehistory of Oceania}}
References1. ^Haumuri Bluff at Fossilworks.org Further reading
9 : Geologic formations of New Zealand|Cretaceous System of Oceania|Campanian Stage|Maastrichtian Stage|Sandstone formations|Siltstone formations|Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Oceania|Paleontology in New Zealand|Canterbury, New Zealand |
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