W16/f7566, Waimana Valley (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Also known as N78/f566; GS10799

Where: New Zealand (38.2° S, 177.1° E: paleocoordinates 80.9° S, 179.1° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, which unconformably overlies the Torlesse Supergroup. AGE: Korangan-Urutawan, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. Here placed in Korangan = Aptian based on its stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 0-20 m above base of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, medium-grained, pebbly sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, inner shelf paleoenvironment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gritty medium sand. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Speden in 1970; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: I. G. Speden, 1970. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: I.G. Speden. 1975. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Raukumara Peninsula. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 91 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83423: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, and other invertebrate groups (cephalopoda, gastropoda, echinoidea, bryozoa, annelida listed). NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and generally lacking species-level designations. Identified by specialist (Speden), and lack of species names reflects poor preservation and insufficient existing taxonomic knowledge.
unclassified
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
? Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta sp. Adams and Adams 1858 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
Dimitobelidae indet. Whitehouse 1924 belemnite
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as "Polyzoa indet."
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
? Orbirhynchia sp. Pettitt 1954