Also known as Collection #3048 (Hendy PhD); GS #2219
Where: New Zealand (44.0° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° S, 178.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mount Brown Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic data stated in text. Estimated to be from Mount Brown Formation based on correlation figure of King et al. (1994). AGE: Altonian age= Early Miocene; Awamoan (or Hutchinosnian) in text.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by Marwick (1919). REPOSITORY: Collection probably reposited in New Zealand Geological Survey (IGNS) collections, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Primary reference: H. W. Wellman. 1953. The Geology of the Geraldine Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin 50 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67822: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mactra "n. sp." Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam | |
Cucullaea australis clam | |
Limopsis zitteli Ihering 1907 clam | |
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873 jingle | |
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop
Mesopeplum aff. burnetti scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Clavatoma "n. sp." Powell 1942 snail | |
Maoricrypta sp. Finlay 1926 slipper shell | |
Tropicolpus albolapis turret shell
Maoricolpus aff. cavershamensis turret shell
Pareora striolata Hutton 1885 turret shell | |
Zaclys aff. aequicincta snail | |
Globisinum miocenicum, Friginatica vaughani, Polinices huttoni, Polinices (Polinella) bilobatus, Taniella notocenica
Globisinum miocenicum moon snail
Friginatica vaughani moon snail
Polinices huttoni moon snail
Polinices (Polinella) bilobatus moon snail
Taniella notocenica moon snail | |
Bathytoma haasti Hutton 1877 snail | |
Austrotoma minor snail | |
Terebra pareoraensis auger snail | |
Comitas fusiformis snail | |
"Xymenella lepida" = Xymene
"Xymenella lepida" = Xymene murex snail | |
"Baryspira hebera" = Amalda (Baryspira), Baryspira cf. robusta
"Baryspira hebera" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail
Baryspira cf. robusta Marwick 1924 snail | |
Maorivetia brevirostris snail | |
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki, Zelandiella subnodosa, "Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassa socialis
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
Zelandiella subnodosa true whelk
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassa socialis Hutton 1886 true whelk |