Katiki Formation
Introduction The '''Katiki Formation''' is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian, or Haumurian in the regional stratigraphy) geologic formation of the South Island of New Zealand. Plesiosaur remains of ''Kaiwhekea katiki'', named after the formation, are among the fossils that have been recovered from the deltaic siltstones.
Description The Katiki Formation was defined by McKay in 1887 and comprises about  of gently north to northeast dipping and generally massive, dark grey, indurated, sandy siltstones. The Katiki Formation overlies more proximal marine sandstones of the Herbert Formation and, below that, non-marine quartzose sandy to pebbly coal measures of the Shag Point Group.
Fossil content * Belemnites** ''Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori''* Reptiles** Mosasauridae indet. ** Elasmosauridae*** ''Kaiwhekea katiki''* Dinophyceae** Gonyaulacaceae*** ''Cribroperidinium edwardsii''** Peridiniaceae*** ''Chatangiella campbellensis''*** ''Palaeocystodinium granulatum''
See also * Plesiosaur stratigraphic distribution* South Polar region of the Cretaceous* Conway Formation* Tahora Formation
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