Also known as GS 3815
Where: Southland, New Zealand (46.2° S, 170.0° E: paleocoordinates 58.5° S, 160.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wangaloa Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Waipawan local stage = basal Ypresian. More recent literature (Stilwell, 1993; Cooper et al., 2004) suggests a Early Teurian stage = Danian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous, pebbly conglomerate and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Finlay and Marwick. Collections are likely to be reposited in IGNZ (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections.
Primary reference: H. J. Harrington. 1958. Geology of Kaitangata Coalfield. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 59 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50213: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Ledina cf. taioma pointed nut clam
Spineilo elongata pointed nut clam | |
Glycymerita (Glycymerita) cf. concava Marshall 1917 clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Gari (Gari) sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Lahillia neozelanica clam | |
Dosinia (Dosinobia) ongleyi venus clam
Marwickia parthiana venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Kaitangata hendersoni snail | |
Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus) semiconcavus turret shell | |
Taioma tricarinata Finlay and Marwick 1937 snail | |
Conchothyra sp. Hutton 1877 snail | |
Struthioptera sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 snail | |
Polinices (Polinices) sp. Montfort 1810 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis multistricta tusk shell |