Also known as GS5644
Where: New Zealand (44.8° S, 170.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 46.3° S, 159.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Incholme Glauconitic Sand Member (Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Incholme Glauconitic Sand Mbr of the Tapui Glauconitic Sand Fm, immediately overlying the Kauru Fm (Teurian), and overlain locally by Raki Siltstone (Kaiatan). AGE: upper Bortonian of Gage (1957) = Bartonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper member within the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, micaceous, calcareous, carbonaceous 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 64747: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2006, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell | |
Speightia spinosa snail | |
"Waihaoia cf. suteri" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
"Waihaoia cf. suteri" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) volute | |
Magnatica fons moon snail
Carinacca allani moon snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium centenniale tusk shell | |
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum apertum Moseley 1876 stony coral | |
"Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) tatei" = Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger, Caryophyllia clavus
"Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) tatei" = Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger Marenzeller 1888 stony coral |