Tunacore River, Tunacore Mudstone (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.0° S, 176.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tunacore Mudstone Member (Ihungia Formation), Altonian (18.7 - 15.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified mudstone

• medium to dark grey, calcareous, feldspathic sandy mudstone

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 77491: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2008, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Foraminifera
  -
 Rotaliina - Pleurostomellidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Rotaliina - Discorbinellidae
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
  -
"? Marginulina duracina" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
 Textulariacea - Valvulinidae
Eggerella ihungia Finlay 1940
 Textulariina - Pseudogaudryinidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
  - Chilostomellidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Globigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi Jenkins 1960
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
"Globigerina cf. ciperoensis" = Globigerina (Globigerina) ciperoensis Bolli 1954
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934
Catapsydrax sp. Bolli et al. 1957
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927
"Globorotalia praescitula" = Hirsutella praescitula Blow 1959
"Globorotalia zealandica" = Globorotalia (Globoconella) zealandica Walters 1965
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
 Rotaliida - Siphogenerinoididae
Foraminifera
 Nodosariacea -
Nodosariacea indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Cylichnidae indet. Adams 1850 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbininae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora flemingi carrier shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterotyphis sp. Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
? Amalda (Baryspira) sp. Fischer 1883 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
? Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo sp. Adams 1854 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lentipecten sp. Marwick 1928 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Cardiida -
"? Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"? Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Osteichthyes
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. ray-finned fish