N141/f764 - Te Aute (Southland Series) (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 5375

Where: Hawke's Bay, New Zealand (39.8° S, 176.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.2° S, 177.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• From Waiauan stage (late middle Miocene).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone

• Probably shelfal, though possibly redeposited in deeper water.
• Sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collected by J.T. Kingma. Collection likely to be reposited at IGNS (Geological Survey of New Zealand).

Primary reference: J.T. Kingma. 1971. Geology of the Te Aute Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 70 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45177: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by A.U.E Scott (GSNZ). Of reliable quality, vetted by A. Hendy (2004)
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unclassified
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Coelenterata indet.
Coelenterata indet. Hatschek 1888
Listed as "corals"
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as "polyzoa"
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Liothyrella sp.
Liothyrella sp. Thomson 1916
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium solidum
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. altijugatus
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia perscrupulosa" = Purpurocardia perscrupulosa
"Venericardia perscrupulosa" = Purpurocardia perscrupulosa Marwick 1932 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Globisinum sp.
Globisinum sp. Marwick 1924 moon snail