Also known as Geological Survey coll. 2474
Where: Dannevirke, New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 179.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ihungia Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: No collection methods provided in text; material likely reposited in IGNS collections, New Zealand. Collected by A.R. Lillie (1940)
Primary reference: A.R. Lillie. 1953. The Geology of the Dannevirke Subdivision. New Zealand geological Survey Bulletin 46 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35654: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Clavagella sp. n. sp.
Clavagella sp. n. sp. Blainville 1817 clam | |
Dosinia (Raina) bensoni Marwick 1927 venus clam
Notocallista (Fossacallista) cf. makoensis Marwick 1931 venus clam | |
Zenatia sp. Gray 1853 clam | |
Angulus (Peronidea) cf. edgari tellin clam | |
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873 scallop | |
Limopsis cf. lawsi King 1933 clam | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell | |
Struthiolaria cf. spinosa Hector 1886 snail | |
Baryspira cf. robusta Marwick 1924 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum aff. sphenodeum stony coral |