GS 3773 - Kauru Fm, Raupo Creek (Paleocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as S160/f640 Coll# 3001 (Hendy PhD)

Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 56.9° S, 162.1° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kauru Formation (Fuchsia Group), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kauru Fm, immediately overlying Kakanui Metamorphic Group (Paleozoic), and overlain locally by Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone (Bortonian). AGE: upper part of Wangaloan of Gage (1957) (disused according to Cooper et al. 2004) = ?late Teurian (current NZ stage usage) = Selandian-Thanetian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 3 ft above schist.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, concretionary sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Deposited with gentle currents within depths out of reach of strong wave action.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Concretionary sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumably lithified, based on concretionary nature.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64698: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and brachiopoda. IDENTIFIER: J.A. Marwick (NZGS). NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated but identified by specialist and often to subgeneric and species resolution.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) taioma" = Jupiteria, Spineilo elongata
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) taioma" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam
Spineilo elongata pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Aulacomya "n. sp." Mörch 1853 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Serripecten cf. tiorioriensis Marwick 1928 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hedecardium sp. Marwick 1944 cockle
Nemocardium (Pratulum) "n. sp." Iredale 1924 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia "n. sp. A" Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Listed as "Dosinia cf. n. sp. A of Finlay and Marwick"
aff. Pullastra sp. Sowerby 1826 venus clam
aff. Notocallista "n. sp." Iredale 1924 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Calliostomatidae
? Maurea sp. Oliver 1926 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
aff. Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail
Juvenile
 Opisthobranchia -
Priscaphander sp. Finlay & Marwick 1937 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
? Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"? Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma
"? Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma Cossmann 1889 turrid
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell