Kahuitara Point CH/f11, f213 (Cretaceous to of New Zealand)

Where: Chatham Islands, New Zealand (44.3° S, 176.0° W: paleocoordinates 59.9° S, 134.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kahuitara Tuff Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

• lithology is a volcaniclastic sediment

Primary reference: J. D. Stilwell. 1997. Tectonic and palaeobiogeographic significance of the Chatham Islands, South Pacific, Late Cretaceous fauna. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 136:97-119 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3640: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 06.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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? Gymnocytherium sp.
originally entered as "Gymnocytherium? sp."
Dicotyledoneae
 Caryophyllidae - Caryophyllidae
? Caryophyllidae indet.
originally entered as "Caryophyllidae? indet."
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus s.l.sp. n. sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
"s.l.n. sp." - originally entered as "Calliomphalus s.l.n. sp."
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
"Dimyodon sp. n. sp." = Atreta
"Dimyodon sp. n. sp." = Atreta Etallon 1862 scallop
originally entered as "Dimyodon n. sp."
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limea woodsi" = Lima (Limatula) woodsi
"Limea woodsi" = Lima (Limatula) woodsi Suter 1921 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Spondylus sp., Eburneopecten freneixae n. sp., Camptonectes sp. n. sp., Chlamys sp. n. sp., "cf. Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
originally entered as "Spondylus? sp."
Eburneopecten freneixae n. sp. Stilwell 1998 scallop
originally entered as "Eburneopecten freneixae n. sp."
Camptonectes sp. n. sp. Meek 1864 scallop
originally entered as "Camptonectes n. sp."
Chlamys sp. n. sp. Röding 1798 scallop
originally entered as "Chlamys n. sp."
"cf. Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten) scallop
originally entered as "Mixipecten cf. M. amuriensis"
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
cf. Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813 oyster
originally entered as "Amphidonte cf. A. conica"
? Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
originally entered as "Pycnodonte? sp."
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea zealandica" = Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica
"Cucullaea zealandica" = Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Woods 1917 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma flemingae n. sp. tellin clam
originally entered as "Solyma flemingae n. sp."
 Cardiida - Veneridae
cf. Aphrodina wilckensi venus clam
originally entered as "?Aphrodina cf. A. wilckensi"
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
? Pterotrigonia hectori clam
?Pterotrigonia hanetiana hectori - originally entered as "?Pterotrigonia hectori"
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
cf. Dentalium morganianum tusk shell
originally entered as "Dentalium cf. morganianum"
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Cavidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae