Also known as Decapod Bed; K30/f8723; K30/f37; K30/f37A; K30/f8510; K30/f9735
Where: New Zealand (42.0° S, 171.3° E: paleocoordinates 54.7° S, 179.4° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Island Sandstone Formation, Kaiatan (37.2 - 36.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; concretionary sandstone
numerous ichnofossils and no visible cross-bedding in photos
decapods from nodules; aragonitic snails replaced with calcite
Preservation: concretion, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann and P. A. Maxwell. 1990. Late Eocene decapod Crustacea from north Westland, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 64(5):779-797 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 4886: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.08.1999, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Malacostraca | |
Lyreidus bennetti n. sp.
Lyreidus bennetti n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990 crab | |
"Laeviranina keysei n. sp." = Raninoides, Laeviranina pororariensis
"Laeviranina keysei n. sp." = Raninoides crab
Laeviranina pororariensis Glaessner 1980 crab | |
Carcinoplax temikoensis n. sp.
Carcinoplax temikoensis n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990 crab | |
Leptomithrax griffini n. sp., Notomithrax allani n. sp.
Leptomithrax griffini n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990 spider crab
Notomithrax allani n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990 spider crab | |
"Rhachiosoma granuliferum" = Maeandricampus granuliferum, Pororaria eocenica
"Rhachiosoma granuliferum" = Maeandricampus granuliferum Glaessner 1960 crab
Pororaria eocenica Glaessner 1980 crab | |
Polychaeta | |
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stethothyris sp. Thomson 1918 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
? Limea sp. n. sp.
? Limea sp. n. sp. Bronn 1831 file clam | |
Duplipecten parki scallop
Mesopeplum (Mesopeplum) sp. n. sp. Iredale 1929 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
? Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) sp. n. sp.
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) sp. n. sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
Spirocolpus cf. waihaoensis turret shell | |
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinidae indet. Gislén 1924 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
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