List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Notoplejona cf. lata
Marwick 1926
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| recombined as Athleta lata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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? Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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| Listed as "? N. gen. Turridae" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudofax sp.
Finlay and Marwick 1937
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Pristinacca seniscula
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| spelled with current rank as Taniella (Pristinacca) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Spirocolpus cf. imparicinctus
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melania sp.
Lamarck 1800
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| synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Inquisitor aff. fraudator
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Superstes sp.
Finlay & Marwick 1937
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Pteromyrtea obesa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia cf. ongleyi
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Dosinia informal n. sp. A
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| Listed as "D. cf. n. sp. A of Finlay and Marwick" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Angulus sp.
Megerle 1811
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Hedecardium sp.
Marwick 1944
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Saccella) sp.
(Woodring 1925)
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| original and current combination Saccella | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Laevidentalium) cf. multistrictum
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 44.8° South, 170.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.0° South, 162.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Fuchsia | Formation: | Kauru | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kauru Fm, either locally overlying Kakanui Metamorphic Group (Paleozoic) or Papakaio Fm (Piripauan), 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. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumably lithified, based on age and locally concretionary facies. | |
| 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: | S136/f713; ; Coll# 3005 (Hendy PhD) | ||
| Database number: | 64704 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-12 19:31:53 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2007-09-12 19:31:53 |
| 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] |