Also known as GS5653
Where: New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 46.5° S, 160.2° 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 64750: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Maoricrypta sp. Finlay 1926 slipper shell | |
Keilostoma malingi Marwick 1943 snail | |
Spirocolpus cf. tophinus turret shell
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell | |
Galeodea modesta snail
Galeodea cf. geniculosa snail | |
Falsicolus cf. altus snail | |
"Baryspira morgani" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira morgani" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail | |
Gemmula reticulata turrid | |
"Parvimitra cf. allani" = Peculator (Parvimitra)
"Parvimitra cf. allani" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail | |
Marginella "n. sp." Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Priscoficus "n. sp." Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
Monalaria concinna snail | |
Taniella bacca moon snail
Friginatica suturalis moon snail | |
Priscaphander "n. sp." Finlay & Marwick 1937 snail
Superstes "n. sp." Finlay & Marwick 1937 snail | |
"Gegania (Tubena) "n. sp."" = Gegania
"Gegania (Tubena) "n. sp."" = Gegania Jeffreys 1884 snail | |
Architectonica cf. marwicki sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia acanthodes" = Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) acanthodes
"Venericardia acanthodes" = Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) acanthodes Suter 1917 clam | |
Notocorbula cf. humerosa Hutton 1885 clam | |
"Tellinella "n. sp."" = Tellina (Tellinella), Macomona "n. sp."
"Tellinella "n. sp."" = Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 tellin clam
Macomona "n. sp." Finlay 1926 tellin clam | |
Hedecardium brunneri Hector 1886 cockle | |
Scalpomactra "n. sp." Finlay 1928 clam | |
Dosinia (Kereia) mackayi venus clam
Dosinia (Kakahuia) suteri venus clam
Turia bortonensis venus clam | |
Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam | |
Amygdalum sp. Megerle 1811 mussel | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Lentipecten parki scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) cf. multistrictum tusk shell |