Akitio River near Waipatiki, Mangapuku Mudstone (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 179.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mangapuku Mudstone Member (Ihungia Formation), Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified mudstone and lithified siltstone

• dark grey, calcareous, fine sandy mudstone with thin, shelly, unbedded lenses of coarse silt and sand

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. M. Reid. 1998. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and tectonics of Lower Miocene rocks in the Waipatiki/Mangatuna area, southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 41:115-131 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77488: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
? Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Cylichnidae indet. Adams 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Uberella sp. Finlay 1928 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Zeacuminia sp. Finlay 1930 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Austrotoma sp. Finlay 1924 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
? Austroclavus sp. Powell 1942 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Tropicolpus sp. Marwick 1931 turret shell
? Zeacolpus pukeuriensis Marwick 1934 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbininae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Pleurostomellidae
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
 Rotaliina - Discorbinellidae
 Nodosariacea -
Nodosariacea indet. Ehrenberg 1838
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Rotalioidea - Notorotaliidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
 Textulariina - Pseudogaudryinidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
  - Chilostomellidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
"Globigerina cf. ciperoensis" = Globigerina (Globigerina) ciperoensis Bolli 1954
Catapsydrax sp. Bolli et al. 1957
"Globorotalia mayeri" = Paragloborotalia mayeri Cushman and Ellisor 1939
subsp. semivera
Globigerina connecta Jenkins 1964
"Globigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi Jenkins 1960
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
 Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae