small disused quarry, north side of Mititai-Tauraroa Road: Otaian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trancatoflabellum sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus lawsi
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor sp. Hedley 1918
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Prosimnia blackae n. sp. Beu and Marshall 2011
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Ellatrivia sp. Iredale 1931
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea sp. Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Spinaspira) pakaurangiensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsicolus kaiparaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Triplex) komiticus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Tawera sp. Marwick 1927
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Fasciculicardia sp. (Maxwell 1969)
original and current combination Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mesopeplum sp. Iredale 1929
Serripecten sp. Marwick 1928
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona aucklandica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina virgosa Squires 1958
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Notocyathus conicus (Alcock 1902)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Cylindrophyllia minima (Yabe and Eguchi 1937)
recombined as Peponocyathus minimus
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:North Island
Coordinates: 36.0° South, 174.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.1° South, 176.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Otaian
Age range of interval:21.70000 - 18.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pakaurangi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Pakaurangi formation is a best estimate: “the molluscs have much in common with those at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, not far to the south.”
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: The Pakaurangi Formation consists mainly of silty sandstones, with occasional concretionary limestone bands and andesite-derived hydroclastic grits.
Environment:intrashelf/intraplatform reef
Geology comments: "This fauna lived in shallow shelf seas in subtropical temperatures, apparently representing both a soft-substrate fauna and specimens transported from a nearby hard substrate"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:176737
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-02-27 23:56:21 Last modified:2016-02-27 23:56:21
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-27 23:56:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58301. A. G. Beu and B. A. Marshall. 2011. New Cenozoic records of genera and families from New Zealand (Mollusca, Gastropoda): highlights from Phillip Maxwell’s collection. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1):13-34 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]