Coromandel-Colville Road (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as T10/f8505

Where: North Island, New Zealand (36.6° S, 175.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 179.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Torehina Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• late Oligocene: Duntroonian or Duntroonian to mid-Waitakian

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; calcareous siltstone and fine-grained sandstone

• sheltered marine environment at deep inner shelf depths (20-50m)
• calcareous siltstone and fine sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Eagle and B. W. Hayward. 1993. Oligocene paleontology and palaeoecology of Waitete Bay, Northern Coromandel Peninsula. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30:13-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205949: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
 Textulariina -
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
"Dentalina soluta" = Nodosaria soluta
"Dentalina soluta" = Nodosaria soluta Reuss 1851
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Foraminifera
  - Chilostomellidae
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum distinctum" = Flabellum pavoninum
"Flabellum distinctum" = Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus keari turret shell
Gazameda grindleyi turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Polinella) blaesus Marwick 1929 moon snail
Magnatica (Magnatica) planispira Suter 1917 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo sinangula Finlay 1926 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea worthingtoni Hutton 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Austrodosinia) sodalis Marwick 1929 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Quadrilatera cf. januaria Marwick 1926 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae