N111/f543 - Tongariro (Taranaki Series) (Miocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 6064

Where: New Zealand (39.0° S, 175.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 177.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Sandstones. A Southland series or Tongaporutuan age (Middle to early Late Miocene).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• Faunal list looks to be from shallow-water shelfal environment.
• Sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Gregg et al. Likely to be reposited in IGNS (N.Z. Geol. Surv.) collections.

Primary reference: D. R. Gregg. 1960. The geology of Tongarairo Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 40 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45033: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Representative.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Notocallista (Striacallista) sp. Iredale 1924 venus clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymerita (Manaia) sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam