S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 938, GS 1912; Coll# 3086 (Hendy PhD), GS 9685, J41/f9499

Where: New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.6° S, 175.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rifle Butts Formation (Kaierero Group), Altonian (18.7 - 15.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rifle Butts Fm, which gradationally overlies the Gee Greensand of the Kaierero Group, and is overlain by the Kurow Group. AGE: Hutchisonian-Awamoan in text of Gage (1957); late Altonian = Burdigalian-earliest Langhian; hereby assigned to the Altonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower part of the formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, gray, green sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic. Increasingly rapid accumulation of sediment in deepening water.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine, glauconitic, greenish-grey sandstone containing brachiopods and molluscs grading up to a fine silt or mudstone. Concretionary bands and layers of tabular concretions indicate bedding in otherwise unstratified sediment. Fossils are disseminated through the silt, and also entombed in concretions and concentrated in shell-limestone lenses. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, largely assumed, as no indication is given text of lithification state, except that concretionary layers are contrasted with the background lithology.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected by Park (1915-1916) and Marwick (1924), etc. 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 67900: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2006, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and polyplacophora. IDENTIFIER: Identifications compiled from previously published accounts and reassessments of NZGS collections, by various paleontologists. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated but identified by specialist and often to subgeneric and species resolution.
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unclassified
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Venustas suteri suteri, Epigrus fossilis
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Nozeba candida effusa
unclassified
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Figinatica vaughani, ? Acutiscala "n. sp.", Notoacirsa oamarutica, Finlayoia finlayi, Venustas suteri fragilis
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium aff. marwicki, "Dentalium mantelli" = Fissidentalium mantelli
"Dentalium mantelli" = Fissidentalium mantelli Zittel 1865 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Linucula) cf. waiotea, "Nucula aff. nitidula" = Nucula (Nucula) nitidula, Nucula tersior
"Nucula aff. nitidula" = Nucula (Nucula) nitidula Adams 1856 nut clam
Nucula tersior Marwick 1929 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Ovaleda ardgowanica" = Sarepta
"Ovaleda ardgowanica" = Sarepta clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo awamoana
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea australis
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis zelandica, Limopsis "n. sp.", Aupouria "n. sp."
Limopsis "n. sp." Sassi 1827 clam
Aupouria "n. sp." Powell 1937 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Hinnites oamarutica, Serripecten hutchinsoni, Lentipecten hochstetteri
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873 scallop
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima colorata
Lima colorata Hutton 1873 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunanomia incisura
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Notocorbula cf. kaiparaensis" = Corbula (Notocorbula), Notocorbula humerosa
"Notocorbula cf. kaiparaensis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama sp., Marama ovata, Turia pukeuriensis, Kuia vellicata
Marama sp. Marwick 1927 venus clam
Marama ovata Marwick 1927 venus clam
Turia pukeuriensis venus clam
Kuia vellicata venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Scalpomactra continua
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea valdescripta, Divaricella notocenica
 Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris prolutea, Venericardia awamoensis
Pleuromeris prolutea Marwick 1929 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella trailli
Spissatella trailli Hutton 1873 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Thoristella fossilis
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Argalista impervia
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Brookula pukeuriensis, "Cirsonella" sp., "Brookula (Aequispirella) iredalei" = Aequispirella, "Brookula (Aequispirella) tenuilirata" = Aequispirella
"Cirsonella" sp. Angas 1877 snail
"Brookula (Aequispirella) iredalei" = Aequispirella snail
"Brookula (Aequispirella) tenuilirata" = Aequispirella snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Zetela awamoana
Zetela awamoana Laws 1939 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pukeuria anaglypta, Odostomia obstinata, Evelynella venustas, Gispyrella finlayi, Turbonilla awamoana, Turbonilla pukeuriensis, Turbonilla erratica, Turbonilla awasimulans, "Mormula locuples" = Turbonilla (Mormula), "Pyrgiscus abjunctus" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus), Eulimella larga
Pukeuria anaglypta Laws 1941 snail
Odostomia obstinata Laws 1939 snail
"Mormula locuples" = Turbonilla (Mormula) snail
"Pyrgiscus abjunctus" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus sp., Zeacolpus pukeuriensis, Maoricolpus cavershamensis
Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
Zeacolpus pukeuriensis Marwick 1934 turret shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
? Turriscala "n. sp."
? Turriscala "n. sp." de Boury 1890 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Badenia comes, Badenia lactea
Badenia lactea Finlay 1926 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella sp.
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Nobolira polyvincta" = Attenuata, "Linemera pukeuriensis" = Alvania (Linemera), "Linemera minuta" = Alvania (Linemera)
"Nobolira polyvincta" = Attenuata snail
"Linemera pukeuriensis" = Alvania (Linemera) snail
"Linemera minuta" = Alvania (Linemera) snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Strebloceras hinemoana
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Austrosassia maoria" = Sassia
"Austrosassia maoria" = Sassia triton shell
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Baryspira gigartoides" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira gigartoides" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vesanula morum, Vesanula vegrandis, "Xymenella sp." = Xymene
Vesanula morum murex snail
Vesanula vegrandis murex snail
"Xymenella sp." = Xymene murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Spinomelon cf. parki, Alcithoe reflexa
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella harrisi, "Marginella (Glabella) fraudulenta" = Glabella, "Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella
Marginella harrisi margin shell
"Marginella (Glabella) fraudulenta" = Glabella margin shell
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea dentata
 Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
"Parvimitra pukeuriensis" = Peculator (Parvimitra), "Parvimitra apicalis" = Peculator (Parvimitra), "Parvimitra tumens" = Peculator (Parvimitra)
"Parvimitra pukeuriensis" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail
"Parvimitra apicalis" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail
"Parvimitra tumens" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Egestas fenestrata
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae indet., Glaphyrina excelsa
Fasciolariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail
LISTED AS: "n. gen. of Fasciolariidae"
Glaphyrina excelsa spindle shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cominella (Procominula) pukeuriensis, Buccinulum (Evarnula) sp., Buccinulum (Evarnula) protensum2, "Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki
Buccinulum (Evarnula) sp. Swainson 1837 true whelk
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius latecostata, "Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima)
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima) snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Zemitrella haroldi, Zemitrella sp.
Zemitrella sp. Finlay 1926 dove shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Merica pukeuriensis" = Cancellaria (Merica), Inglisella pukeuriensis, Zeadmete miocenica
"Merica pukeuriensis" = Cancellaria (Merica) snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Puha sinusigera
Puha sinusigera Powell 1942 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conospirus huttoni" = Conilithes
"Conospirus huttoni" = Conilithes cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Pseudoinquisitor problematicus
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Austroclavus marshalli
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Tomopleura transenna, Maoritomella pukeuriensis, "Vexithara vexilliformis" = Typhlomangelia
"Vexithara vexilliformis" = Typhlomangelia snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Neoguraleus (Fusiguraleus) porrectus
 Neogastropoda - Horaiclavidae
Mauidrillia praecophinoides, Mauidrillia costifer, Mauidrillia angustata
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Etremopsis carinapex, Etremopsis elata, Etremopsis latiapex
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria subspinosa
Struthiolaria subspinosa Marwick 1924 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
"Proterato pukeuriensis" = Bellerato pukeuriensis, "Proterato (Cypraeerato) submorosa" = Lachryma (Proterato) submorosa
"Proterato pukeuriensis" = Bellerato pukeuriensis Laws 1935 snail
"Proterato (Cypraeerato) submorosa" = Lachryma (Proterato) submorosa Laws 1935 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Taniella notocenica, Tanea socia, Uberella pukeuriensis, "Polinella modesta" = Polinices (Polinella), Globisinum miocenicum
Tanea socia moon snail
"Polinella modesta" = Polinices (Polinella) moon snail
Osteichthyes
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Percidarum cottreaui1, Percidarum rectus1
Percidarum cottreaui1 Priem 1912 bony fish
Percidarum rectus1 Priem 1906 bony fish
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorpha - Sillaginidae
Sillago recta n. sp.3
Sillago recta n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980
 Acanthomorpha - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata3
Acropoma serrata3 Frost 1934
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis finlayi3
Parapercis finlayi3 Frost 1924
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Carapus exiguus" = Onuxodon exiguus3, Carapus aff. praecursor3
"Carapus exiguus" = Onuxodon exiguus3 Stinton 1956
Carapus aff. praecursor3 Schwarzhans 1980
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
"Trachinus mutabilis" = Atherina gidjakensis1
"Trachinus mutabilis" = Atherina gidjakensis1 Pobedina 1956 silverside
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadus elegans scuplta1, Gadiculus argenteus3
Gadus elegans scuplta1 Koken 1884 cod
Gadiculus argenteus3 Guichenot 1850 silvery pout
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Austrophycis pseudomegalops n. sp.3, "Physiculus bicaudatus n. sp." = Auchenoceros bicaudatus1, Actuariolum bicaudatum3
Austrophycis pseudomegalops n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980
"Physiculus bicaudatus n. sp." = Auchenoceros bicaudatus1 Frost 1924
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius pukeuriensis n. sp.1
Merluccius pukeuriensis n. sp.1 Frost 1924
 Gadiformes - Ranicipitidae
Raniceps planus novaezeelandiae n. ssp.1
Raniceps planus novaezeelandiae n. ssp.1 Koken 1906
 Gadiformes - Macruronidae
Macruronus pukeuriensis3
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Macrurus gracilis1, Macrurus toulai1, Coelorhynchus toulai3, Coelorhynchus australis3, "Ventrifossa sagittiformis" = Nezumia sagittiformis3
Macrurus gracilis1 Schubert 1905 grenadiers
Macrurus toulai1 Schubert 1906 grenadiers
Coelorhynchus toulai3 Schubert 1906 grenadiers
Coelorhynchus australis3 Richardson 1839 grenadiers
"Ventrifossa sagittiformis" = Nezumia sagittiformis3 Frost 1934 grenadiers
 Scorpaeniformes - Trichodontidae
? Trichodon obesus n. sp.3
? Trichodon obesus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis ornatus3, "Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli1
Gnathophis ornatus3 Frost 1928 conger eel
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli1 Bassoli 1906 conger eel
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidarum elongatus1
 Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
Leptoscopus progressus n. sp.3
Leptoscopus progressus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet.3
Scombridae indet.3 Rafinesque 1815
 Perciformes -
Trachinoideorum sagittiforms3
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus n. sp.3
Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet.3
Serranidae indet.3 Swainson 1839 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis3
Lactarius sigmoidalis3 Frost 1934 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex aff. subnobilis1
Dentex aff. subnobilis1 Schubert 1906 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cottidae
Cottidarum impolitus n. sp.3
Cottidarum impolitus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Citharus latisulcatus n. sp.1
Citharus latisulcatus n. sp.1 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus longus n. sp.3, Arnoglossus novus n. sp.3, Bothidarum dorsolobatus n. sp.3
Arnoglossus longus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
Arnoglossus novus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
Bothidarum dorsolobatus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Anchoa nitida n. sp.3, Clupeidarum incisiareatus n. sp.3
Anchoa nitida n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 herring
Clupeidarum incisiareatus n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980 herring
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Scopelus sulcatus1, Scopelus regularis3, "Diaphus (Lamprossa) curvatus n. sp." = Diaphus curvatus3, Diaphus (Diaphus) sp.3, ? Notoscopelus scopelopsoides3, Diogenichthys sp.3, Benthosema sp.3
Scopelus sulcatus1 Bassoli 1906 lanternfish
Scopelus regularis3 Frost 1934 lanternfish
"Diaphus (Lamprossa) curvatus n. sp." = Diaphus curvatus3 Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Diaphus (Diaphus) sp.3 Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
sp. 2
? Notoscopelus scopelopsoides3 Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Diogenichthys sp.3 Bolin 1839 lanternfish
Benthosema sp.3 Goode and Bean 1896 lanternfish
 Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
"Elops miocaenicus n. sp." = Paraulopus miocaenicus1, "Chlorophthalmus miocenicus" = Paraulopus miocaenicus3
"Elops miocaenicus n. sp." = Paraulopus miocaenicus1 Frost 1924
"Chlorophthalmus miocenicus" = Paraulopus miocaenicus3 Frost 1924
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida n. sp.3
Argentina subfrigida n. sp.3 Schwarzhans 1980
 Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
"Polymetme glareosus n. sp." = Margrethia glareosus3
"Polymetme glareosus n. sp." = Margrethia glareosus3 Schwarzhans 1980
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Waitakia robusta3, Hemerocoetes minutus3
Waitakia robusta3 Schwarzhans 1980
Hemerocoetes minutus3 Schwarzhans 1980
1Frost 1924; 2Powell 1929; 3Schwarzhans 1980