AU6397, Pohangina Valley (T23/f7530) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (40.1° S, 176.0° E: paleocoordinates 74.4° S, 95.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oretian (227.5 - 221.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collected in 1978; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: chemical

• Most of the block is in the Department of Geology, University of Auckland (collection AU6397). Some of the material is retained in the Department of Soil Science, Massey University (collection MU3), and some microfaunas and residues are held by the New Zealand Geological Survey, Lower Hutt (conodont sample no. CN694).

Primary reference: M. Marden, J. A. Simes, and H. J. Campbell. 1987. Two Mesozoic faunas from Torlesse melange terrane, (Ruahine Range), New Zealand, and new evidence for Oretian correlation. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 30:389-399 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137846: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Cypridiodella sp.
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp.
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp.
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet., Astacolus sp., Nodosaria sp., Pseudonodosaria sp., Dentalina sp., Frondicularia sp.
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Polymorphinidae indet.
Polymorphinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1839
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
Lingulina sp.
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
? Miliolidae indet.
? Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
? Arcestes sp.
? Arcestes sp. Suess 1865 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Ostreida -
Ostreacea indet.
Ostreacea indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia sp., Halobia hochstetteri, Halobia lilliei, ? Parahalobia sp.
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster
Halobia hochstetteri Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia lilliei Marwick 1953 oyster
? Parahalobia sp. Yin and Hsu 1938 oyster
 Pectinida -
"Pectinacea indet." = Pectinoidea
"Pectinacea indet." = Pectinoidea Rafinesque 1815 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp.
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
aff. Plicatula sp.
aff. Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Pseudolimea sp.
? Pseudolimea sp. Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
? Serpula sp.
? Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Aulacothyris sp.
Aulacothyris sp. Douville 1880
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Athyris sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Dimerellidae
Sulcirostra sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Pisirhynchia sp.
Pisirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Discinidae indet.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
? Dicyclocidaris denticulata
? Dicyclocidaris denticulata Fell 1950 pencil urchin
Conodonta
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Enantiognathus ziegleri
Enantiognathus ziegleri Diebel 1956 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
"Prioniodina excavata" = Oulodus walliseri, "Diplododella sp." = Hibbardella (Diplododella)
"Prioniodina excavata" = Oulodus walliseri Ziegler 1960 conodont
"Diplododella sp." = Hibbardella (Diplododella) conodont
 Prioniodontida - Prioniodinidae
Prioniodina sp.
Prioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1925 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Paragondolella polygnathiformis, "Hindeodella suevica" = Neohindeodella suevica, Gondolella navicula
Paragondolella polygnathiformis Budurov and Stefanov 1965 conodont
"Hindeodella suevica" = Neohindeodella suevica Tatge 1956 conodont
Gondolella navicula Huckriede 1958 conodont
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch