New Zealand N162/604: Middle Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Neocola aff. demissus
Marwick
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= Austrofusus (Neocola) aff. demissus
Marwick
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Beu et al. 1990 | ||||||
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Bathytoma wairarapaensis
Vella 1954
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= Bathytoma (Bathytoma) wairarapaensis
Vella 1954
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Beu et al. 1990 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conospirus brockenensis
Vella 1954
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= Conilithes brockenensis
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Beu et al. 1990 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Wairarapa | County: | Whakatahine |
| Coordinates: | 41.1° South, 175.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.4° South, 178.9° 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: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Te Waharau | ||||
| Local section: | Whakatahine Stream | ||||
| Regional section: | Brocken Range | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Listed as "Upper Clifdenian-Lilburnian" NZ stages. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue mudstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | gray,blue sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: Listed as "blue-gray sandstone and mudstone" | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | forearc basin |
| Geology comments: No geologic information listed | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: No collection details listed. Material reposited in IGNS collections (formerly NZ Geol. Surv. coll.'s). Collected by Victoria University graduate students and P. Vella (1948-1954). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Not an exhaustive taxonomic list of even the mollusca | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Wairarapa N162/604 | ||
| Database number: | 35692 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-04 20:52:55 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-04 20:52:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9626. | 1% 20480 | P. Vella. 1954. Tertiary Mollusca from South-East Wairarapa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(4):539-555 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 11706 | A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, and R.C. Brazier. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |