Dannevirke GS 2853 (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Geological Survey coll. 2853

Where: Dannevirke, New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 179.8° 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; lithified, sandy, calcareous limestone

• Listed as "calcareous sandy 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 V.H. Boileau

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 35660: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Representative list of mollusca, echinoidea, bachiopoda and coelentearata
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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
Tegulorhynchia sp.
Tegulorhynchia sp. Chapman and Crespin 1923
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella sp., "Loripinus "sp. A"" = Anodontia (Loripinus)
Divaricella sp. Martens 1880 clam
"Loripinus "sp. A"" = Anodontia (Loripinus) Monterosato 1883 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hedecardium cf. greyi, "Varicardium patulum" = Nemocardium patulum
Hedecardium cf. greyi Hutton 1873 cockle
"Varicardium patulum" = Nemocardium patulum Hutton 1873 cockle
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Maoricolpus cavershamensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp.
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria cf. subspinosa
Struthiolaria cf. subspinosa Marwick 1924 snail