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
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
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) taioma" = Jupiteria, Spineilo elongata
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) taioma" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam
Spineilo elongata pointed nut clam | |
Aulacomya "n. sp." Mörch 1853 mussel | |
Serripecten cf. tiorioriensis Marwick 1928 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam | |
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Hedecardium sp. Marwick 1944 cockle
Nemocardium (Pratulum) "n. sp." Iredale 1924 cockle | |
Dosinia aff. ongleyi venus clam
aff. Pullastra sp. Sowerby 1826 venus clam
aff. Notocallista "n. sp." Iredale 1924 venus clam | |
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
? Maurea sp. Oliver 1926 snail | |
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Priscaphander sp. Finlay & Marwick 1937 snail | |
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) sp. de Boury 1909 wentletrap | |
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell
Zeacolpus cf. matauensis turret shell | |
Bittiscala cf. simplex horn snail | |
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell | |
? Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell | |
"? Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma
"? Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma Cossmann 1889 turrid | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell |