S136/f539 - Waikareka Volcanic Fm, Lorne: Kaiatan, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Agathires senex
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon cf. chattonensis Marwick 1929
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Austrotriton informal n. sp.
synonym of Sassia
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913
LISTED AS: "n gen. of Cymatiidae or Buccinulidae"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Waimatea informal n. sp. cf. inconspicua
Waimatea lorensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Marshallena esdailei
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Tatara revoluta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Rugobela humerosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsicolus aff. obrutus
Falsicolus informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia pinguior Marwick 1926
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Proterato vulcania (Marwick 1926)
recombined as Lachryma vulcania
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinella esdailei (Marwick 1924)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella vertex Marwick 1926
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia lorensis
Spirocolpus tophinus
Zeacolpus lorensis
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Argalista proimpervia Laws 1935
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Venustas (Mucrinops) waiareka
synonym of Calliostoma
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Lornia limatula
synonym of Limacina
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium (Pratulum) semitectum Marwick 1926
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Zemysia infrequens
synonym of Diplodonta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Kellia antiquata
spelled with current rank as Siphonalia (Kelletia)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia benhami (Thompson 1908)
recombined as Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) benhami
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella media (Marwick 1926)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) lorensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Fossularca januaria Marwick 1926
recombined as Quadrilatera januaria
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula trulla Marwick 1926
Lima informal n. sp.
Mantellum inconspicuum Marwick 1926
Limea sp. Bronn 1831
Robinson and Lee 2011
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Serripecten enfieldensis (Marwick 1926)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gigantostrea informal n. sp. cf. mackayi
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Trichomusculus lorensis
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand County:Gore
Coordinates: 44.6° South, 171.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.0° South, 168.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Kaiatan
Age range of interval:39.10000 - 36.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Alma Formation:Waikareka Volcanic
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waikareka Volcanic Formation, which is the basal unit of the Alma Group, which is overlain by the Totara Limestone (Runangan), and in turn is overlain locally by Deborah Volcanic Fm (Whaingaroan). AGE: Kaiatan of Gage (1957) = Early Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium poorly lithified calcareous tuff
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Tuff, fine to medium, calcified. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, assumed, as no indication is given text of lithification state.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Buried by submarine basaltic eruption by explosively distributed agglomerate and tuff in comparitively deep water.
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: Unknown collectors. REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and brachiopoda. IDENTIFIER: O. P. Olson. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated but identified by specialist and often to subgeneric and species resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:GS1100; Coll# 3053 (Hendy PhD)
Database number:67839
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-12-12 21:43:31 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:group members Released:2007-12-12 21:43:31
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]
70552 J. H. Robinson and D. E. Lee. 2011. A shallow, warm-water calcitic molluscan fauna from an Early Oligocene seamount, North Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1):135-147 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]