Cenozoic records of the genus lingula (brachiopoda: Inarticulata) in new zealand

Abstract

Lingula occurs in the New Zealand Cenozoic in horizons of Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene age. The geographie and stratigraphie distribution of Lingula waikatoensis Penseler through the Tertiary is described, and the significance of the genus as an indicator of paleoshorelines and paleodimate is discussed. © 1987 Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.