Waitemata Brewery Well - Otahuhu (Otahuhu Formation) (Pliocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 3528

Where: Auckland, New Zealand (36.9° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 175.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Otahuhu Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Possibly correlated with Kaawa Formation (regional early Pliocene strata). Shellbed 84-98 ft below surface. Opoitian-Waipipian age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; shelly/skeletal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• Shallow water, inner shelf siliciclastic facies, possibly with estuarine influence.
• Shell bed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Coutts (1945). Collections most likely reposited at GNS (NZ Geol. Surv.), Lower Hutt.

Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1948. Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 16 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45259: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomy vetted by A. Hendy (10/2004). Reliable at species resolution.
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unclassified
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Amphibola aff. crenata, Neothais lassa, Otahua bartrumi
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Fellaster sp.
Fellaster sp. Durham 1955 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Janthinidae
"Hartungia typica" = Janthina typica
"Hartungia typica" = Janthina typica Bronn 1861 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula radiata, Zegalerus tumens
Crepidula radiata slipper shell
Zegalerus tumens slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Zefallacia lawsi, Taxonia tesserata
Zefallacia lawsi Marwick 1948 cerith snail
Taxonia tesserata Marwick 1948 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polnices (Polinices) waipipiensis
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Baryspira) sp.
Amalda (Baryspira) sp. Fischer 1883 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion gauli, Cominella (Josepha) altispira, Cominella (Cominella) dingleyi
Penion gauli true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Xymene plebeius, Bedeva bartrumi, Morula (Neothyris) lassa
Xymene plebeius murex snail
Bedeva bartrumi murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) firthi
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Diloma lorea, Pachydontella etiampicta
Diloma lorea top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Tugali sp.
Tugali sp. Gray 1843 snail
Bivalvia
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula synthetica
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Felaniella (Zemysia) zelandica" = Diplodonta zelandica
"Felaniella (Zemysia) zelandica" = Diplodonta zelandica Gray 1835 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Eumarcia (Opimarcia) healyi, Eumarcia (Eumarcia) kaawaensis, Tawera duobrunnea, Austrovenus tamakiensis, Bassina katherinae, Dosinia (Raina) powelli
Tawera duobrunnea venus clam
Bassina katherinae venus clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Paphies sp.
Paphies sp. Lesson 1831 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula (Spisulona) couttsi, Mactra (Mactrula) mula, "Cyclomactra williamsi" = Mactra (Cyclomactra), Zenatia (Zenatia) flemingi, Lutraria solida
"Cyclomactra williamsi" = Mactra (Cyclomactra) clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari (Gari) aucklandica, Soletellina waitemata
Soletellina waitemata sunset shell
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macomona sp., Barytellina tertia
Macomona sp. Finlay 1926 tellin clam
Barytellina tertia tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Maoricardium spatiosum
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Phialopecten marwicki" = Chlamys (Phialopecten)
"Phialopecten marwicki" = Chlamys (Phialopecten) scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Patro undatus
Patro undatus Hutton 1885 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea chilensis
Ostrea chilensis Philippi 1844 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymerita (Manaia) sp.
Glycymerita (Manaia) sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam