Also known as GS5658
Where: New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° S, 167.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gardiner Greensand Member (Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gardiner Greensand Mbr of the Tapui Glauconitic Sand Fm, immediately overlying the Kauru Fm (Teurian), and overlain locally by Raki Siltstone (Kaiatan). AGE: Bortonian of Gage (1957) = late Lutetian-Bartonian, here assigned to the Bartonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower member within the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, coarse-grained, concretionary, ferruginous, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion
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 64739: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) "n. sp." Cossmann 1888 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Notocorbula cf. humerosa Hutton 1885 clam | |
Hedecardium ? brunneri Hector 1886 cockle | |
"Tellinella sp." = Tellina (Tellinella)
"Tellinella sp." = Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 tellin clam | |
Dosinia "n. sp." Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Dosinia (Kereia) cf. mackayi venus clam
Turia bortonensis venus clam | |
Scalpomactra "n. sp." Finlay 1928 clam | |
Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) sp. Maxwell 1969 clam | |
"Serripecten" devinctus scallop | |
Cubitostrea gudexi Suter 1917 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Monalaria concinna snail | |
"Waihaoia cf. suteri" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
"Waihaoia cf. suteri" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) volute | |
Speightia spinosa snail | |
Falsicolus solidus snail | |
"Baryspira morgani" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira morgani" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail | |
Marshallaria formosa cone shell | |
Zeacuminia tahuia auger snail | |
Gemmula cf. reticulata turrid | |
Friginatica prisca moon snail
Taniella bacca moon snail | |
Keilostoma malingi Marwick 1943 snail | |
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell | |
Niso basiglobosa snail | |
Priscaphander "n. sp." Finlay & Marwick 1937 snail |