Also known as S160/f639; Coll# 3000 (Hendy PhD)
Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 56.9° S, 162.1° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kauru Formation (Fuchsia Group), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kauru Fm, immediately overlying Kakanui Metamorphic Group (Paleozoic), and overlain locally by Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone (Bortonian). AGE: upper part of Wangaloan of Gage (1957) (disused according to Cooper et al. 2004) = ?late Teurian (current NZ stage usage) = Selandian-Thanetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 1 ft above schist.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64697: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
? Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
Zeacolpus cf. matauensis turret shell | |
Marshallaria aff. multicincta cone shell | |
Friginatica sp. Hedley 1916 moon snail
Polinices "n. sp. A" Monfort 1810 moon snail Listed as "Figinatica aff n. sp. A of Finlay and Marwick"
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Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) cf. taioma" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam
Nuculana "n. sp. A" Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Spineilo elongata pointed nut clam | |
Aulacomya "n. sp." Mörch 1853 mussel | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Limopsis cf. microps clam | |
Pteromyrtea "n. sp." Finlay 1926 clam | |
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle | |
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam |