GS 3772 - Kauru Fm, Raupo Creek: Selandian - Thanetian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus cf. matauensis
? Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices informal n. sp. A
Listed as "Figinatica aff n. sp. A of Finlay and Marwick"
Friginatica sp. Hedley 1916
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Marshallaria aff. multicincta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
Heteroterma cf. zelandica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Spineilo elongata
Nuculana informal n. sp. A
Nuculana (Jupiteria) cf. taioma
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Aulacomya informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis cf. microps
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pteromyrtea informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937
recombined as Purpurocardia fyfei
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 45.1° South, 170.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.9° South, 162.1° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fuchsia Formation:Kauru
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Concretionary sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumably lithified, based on concretionary nature.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited with gentle currents within depths out of reach of strong wave action.
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
Museum repositories:IGNS
Collection method comments: 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).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and brachiopoda. IDENTIFIER: J.A. Marwick (NZGS). NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated but identified by specialist and often to subgeneric and species resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:S160/f639; Coll# 3000 (Hendy PhD)
Database number:64697
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-12 18:52:32 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:group members Released:2007-09-12 18:52:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18671. M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

18682 A.J.W. Hendy. 2006. The Neogene evolutionary history of New Zealand Mollusca: diversity trends, paleobiogeography, and evolutionary paleoecology. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]