The Kapitean stage (Upper Miocene) at Cape Foulwind, west coast

Abstract

About 350 ft of Kapitean beds exposed in sea cliffs at Cape Foulwind are conformably overlain by Opoitian and conformably underlain by Tongaporutuan. Seven foraminiferal samples were collected from a uniform and continuous section of marine siltstone. A lithological column and a foraminiferal range chart are presented. Paleoecology and stratigraphic paleontology are discussed.