Cliffs southwest of radio station, Waikaripi (CH/f104): Waipawan, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pharetronida
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Pharetronida indet.
Zittel 1878
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isocrinidae
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Isocrinus cf. stellatus
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Echinoidea
- Apatopygidae
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Apatopygus sp.
Hawkins 1920
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Giraliaster cf. bellissae
Foster and Philip 1978
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Neocrania chathamensis
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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? Hormomya wiletsi
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| spelled with current rank as Brachidontes (Hormomya) | ||||||||||
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? Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia ? sp.
Gray 1842
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Pycnodonte (Notostrea) tarda
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| original and current combination Notostrea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pectinidae indet.
Wilkes 1810
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? Eburneopecten sp. n. sp.
(Conrad 1865)
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Chlamys sp. n. sp.
Röding 1798
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Chlamys mercuria
Marwick 1928
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp. n. sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Limatula (Limatuletta) waitahana
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Cyclochlamys sp. n. sp.
Finlay 1926
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| spelled with current rank as Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glyptoactis (Fasiculicardia) nuntia
(Marwick 1928)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula tophina
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| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium (Pratulum) marwicki
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Elliptotellina donaciformis
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| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Elliptotellina) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras allani
(Fleming 1945)
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Perotrochus allani
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraeidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Chatham Islands |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° South, 176.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.4° South, 147.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Waipawan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 52.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Kekerione | Formation: | Red Bluff Tuff | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Red Bluff Tuff is assigned an Late Teurian to early Waipawan local stage=Thanetian-Ypresian age based on biostratigraphy from combination of faunal groups. Most collections come from Waipawan portions of the unit, and therefore the collection is assigned a Waipawan age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Calcareous tuffaceous sandstone | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: Offshore shelf, siliciclastic environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited in Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections. Collected by MAC (1977) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for all faunal groups. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GS 10191, GS 12139 | ||
| Database number: | 51079 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-26 19:03:17 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-26 19:03:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13610. | H. J. Campbell, P. B. Andrews, A. G. Beu, P. A. Maxwell, A. R. Edwards, M. G. Laird, N. deB Hornibrook, D. C. Mildenhall, W. A. Watters, J. S. Buckeridge, D. E. Lee, C. P. Strong, G. J. Wilson and B. W. Hayward. 1993. Cretaceous-Cenozoic geology and biostratigraphy of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monograph 2:1-269 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 54374 | J. D. Stilwell and A. Grebneff. 1996. Records of Nautiloidea (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Otago and Chatham Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 39:83-91 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |