Kahuitara Point f319 (Cretaceous to of New Zealand)

Where: Chatham Islands, New Zealand (44.3° S, 176.0° W: paleocoordinates 59.9° S, 134.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kahuitara Tuff Formation, Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

• lithology is a volcaniclastic sediment

Primary reference: J. D. Stilwell. 1997. Tectonic and palaeobiogeographic significance of the Chatham Islands, South Pacific, Late Cretaceous fauna. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 136:97-119 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3644: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 06.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"? Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata" = Trigonia pseudocaudata, Pacitrigonia hanetiana
"? Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata" = Trigonia pseudocaudata Hector 1886 clam
originally entered as "?Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata"
Pacitrigonia hanetiana d'Orbigny 1842 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Spondylus sp., Chlamys sp. n. sp., "cf. Mixtipecten amurienis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
originally entered as "?Spondylus? sp."
Chlamys sp. n. sp. Röding 1798 scallop
originally entered as "Chlamys n. sp."
"cf. Mixtipecten amurienis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten) scallop
originally entered as "?Mixipecten cf. M. amurienis"
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
cf. Amphidonte conica
cf. Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813 oyster
originally entered as "Amphidonte cf. A. conica"
 Ostreida - Malleidae
? Isognomon rekohuensis
? Isognomon rekohuensis Crampton 1988 oyster
originally entered as "?Isognomon rekohuensis"
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Struthioptera novoseelandica
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
"aff. Dimitobelus ongleyi" = Dimitobelus (Dimitobelus) ongleyi
"aff. Dimitobelus ongleyi" = Dimitobelus (Dimitobelus) ongleyi Stevens 1965 belemnite
originally entered as "Dimitobelus aff. D. ongleyi"
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia chathamensis