Dannevirke GS 2302 (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Geological Survey coll. 2302

Where: Dannevirke, New Zealand (40.1° S, 176.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° S, 179.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ihungia Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified limestone

• Formation "consists largely of massive dark-grey, nodular mudstones of slightly green or blue tinge", Lillie (1953)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: No collection methods provided in text; material likely reposited in IGNS collections, New Zealand. Collected by A. Quennell

Primary reference: A.R. Lillie. 1953. The Geology of the Dannevirke Subdivision. New Zealand geological Survey Bulletin 46 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35651: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.01.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Representative list of mollusca, echinoidea, bachiopoda and coelentearata
Anthozoa
 Pennatulacea -
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop
"Chlamys cf. williamsoni" = Talochlamys williamsoni Zittel 1864 scallop
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
"Hemipatagus formosus" = Eupatagus formosus
"Hemipatagus formosus" = Eupatagus formosus Zittel 1867 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus crawfordi Hutton 1873 heart urchin