Kaipuke Siltstone/Anatori River mouth: Otaian, New Zealand
collected by I. G. Stuart
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Celleporaria agglutinans
(Hutton 1873)
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| original and current combination Cellepora agglutinans | ||||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Arachnopusiidae
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Arachnopusia unicornis
(Hutton 1873)
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| original and current combination Eschara unicornis | ||||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Hippoporinidae
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Hippomenella vellicata
(Hutton 1873)
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| original and current combination Lepralia vellicata | ||||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Bitectiporidae
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Hippoporina miocenica n. sp.
Gordon et al. 1994
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| Holotype: Specimen H-598 | ||||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Smittinidae
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Smittoidea crepidula
(Brown 1952)
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| original and current combination Smittina crepidula | ||||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Phidoloporidae indet.
Gabb and Horn 1862
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | West Coast | County: | northwest Nelson |
| Coordinates: | 40.7° South, 172.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.9° South, 176.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Otaian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 21.70000 - 18.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 23.03 ± 0.05 to 20 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Westhaven | Formation: | Kaipuke Siltstone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray,green lithified sandy,calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Pale greenish-grey, calcareous,sandy, and generally glauconitic siltstone; contains numerous fossils, notably Bryozoa, concentrated in ragged calcareous bands; the entire unit is homogeneous throughout the section and is considerably bioturbated, with limonitic borings and nodules common. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: mid-shelf environment of near-oceanic salinity | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,ichnofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | I. G. Stuart |
| Taxonomic list comments:non-bryozoan data not entered | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 172797 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Liow | Enterer: | F. Franeck |
| Modifier: | F. Franeck | ||
| Created: | 2015-08-24 02:57:57 | Last modified: | 2015-08-24 08:23:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-08-24 02:57:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56161. | D. P. Gordon, I. G. Stuart, and J. D. Collen. 1994. Bryozoan fauna of the Kaipuke Siltstone, northwest Nelson: a Miocene homologue of the modern Tasman Bay coralline bryozoan grounds. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 37(3):239-247 [L. Liow/F. Franeck] |