Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 144.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Okarahia Sandstone Formation (Mata Group), Piripauan (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• lower part of the formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Warren and I. Speden. 1978. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff district, South Marlborough (S56). New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78369: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2008, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
? Cylichna thomsoniana snail | |
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail | |
Procancellaria parkiana periwinkle | |
? Scalaria pacifica wentletrap | |
Eriptycha punamutica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis" = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam | |
Limatula woodsi Suter 1921 file clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Camptonectes selwynensis, "Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
Camptonectes selwynensis scallop
"Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten) scallop | |
Entolium aff. membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Inoceramus pacificus Anderson and Hanna 1935 clam | |
? Barbatia mackayi clam | |
Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Woods 1917 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) selwynensis" = Glycymerita
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) selwynensis" = Glycymerita clam | |
"? Eximiothracia haasti" = Thracia
"? Eximiothracia haasti" = Thracia clam | |
Panopea clausa Wilckens 1910 clam | |
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Cardium (Bucardium) lillei Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978 cockle | |
? Erycina sp. Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Callista (Tikia) wilckensi venus clam | |
? Thyasira sp. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Anthonya elongata clam | |
Eriphyla meridiana clam | |
Pacitrigonia aff. hanetiana, "Oistotrigonia sp." = Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia)
Pacitrigonia aff. hanetiana d'Orbigny 1842 clam
"Oistotrigonia sp." = Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) Cox 1952 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium morganianum tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudoxybeloceras bistriatum ammonite | |
Dimitobelus lindsayi belemnite | |
Sedentaria | |