N141/f638/639 - Te Aute (Southland Series) (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 5180/5181

Where: Hawke's Bay, New Zealand (40.0° S, 176.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 179.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• From Waiauan stage (late middle Miocene).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone

• Probably shelfal, though possibly redeposited in deeper water.
• Sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collected by J.T. Kingma. Collection likely to be reposited at IGNS (Geological Survey of New Zealand).

Primary reference: J.T. Kingma. 1971. Geology of the Te Aute Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 70 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45182: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by A.U.E Scott (GSNZ). Of reliable quality, vetted by A. Hendy (2004)
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet.
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Listed as "crab claw"
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Neothyris sp.
Neothyris sp. Douville 1879
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Liothyrella aff. concentrica
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tanea sp., Polinices sp.
Tanea sp. Marwick 1931 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Austrotoma cf. molinei
 Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
? Proximitra sp.
? Proximitra sp. Finlay 1927 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea sp.
Coluzea sp. Finlay 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp.
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus sp.
Austrofusus sp. Kobelt 1879 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alcithoe sp.
Alcithoe sp. Adams and Adams 1853 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria cf. praenuntia
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Euspinacassis toreuma" = Echinophoria
"Euspinacassis toreuma" = Echinophoria snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp.
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Mesopeplum syagrus
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima colorata
Lima colorata Hutton 1873 file clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi" = Tucetona finlayi, "Glycymeris (Manaia) sp." = Glycymeris
"Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi" = Tucetona finlayi Laws 1939 clam
"Glycymeris (Manaia) sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam
Listed as "Glycymeris (Veletuceta) or (Manaia) sp."
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp.
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris sp.
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Kuia macdowelli
Kuia macdowelli Marwick 1927 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella notocenica