Also known as GS 3528
Where: Auckland, New Zealand (36.9° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 175.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Otahuhu Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Possibly correlated with Kaawa Formation (regional early Pliocene strata). Shellbed 84-98 ft below surface. Opoitian-Waipipian age
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; shelly/skeletal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Coutts (1945). Collections most likely reposited at GNS (NZ Geol. Surv.), Lower Hutt.
Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1948. Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 16 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45259: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Fellaster sp. Durham 1955 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
Laternula synthetica clam | |
Soletellina waitemata sunset shell | |
Macomona sp. Finlay 1926 tellin clam
Barytellina tertia tellin clam | |
Maoricardium spatiosum cockle | |
Dosinia (Raina) powelli, Austrovenus tamakiensis, Bassina katherinae, Tawera duobrunnea, Eumarcia (Opimarcia) healyi, Eumarcia (Eumarcia) kaawaensis
Dosinia (Raina) powelli venus clam
Austrovenus tamakiensis venus clam
Bassina katherinae venus clam
Tawera duobrunnea venus clam
Eumarcia (Opimarcia) healyi venus clam
Eumarcia (Eumarcia) kaawaensis venus clam | |
"Felaniella (Zemysia) zelandica" = Diplodonta zelandica
"Felaniella (Zemysia) zelandica" = Diplodonta zelandica Gray 1835 clam | |
Paphies sp. Lesson 1831 clam | |
Mactra (Mactrula) mula, "Cyclomactra williamsi" = Mactra (Cyclomactra), Lutraria solida, Zenatia (Zenatia) flemingi, Spisula (Spisulona) couttsi
"Cyclomactra williamsi" = Mactra (Cyclomactra) clam
Lutraria solida clam | |
Glycymerita (Manaia) sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam | |
Patro undatus Hutton 1885 scallop | |
"Phialopecten marwicki" = Chlamys (Phialopecten)
"Phialopecten marwicki" = Chlamys (Phialopecten) scallop | |
Ostrea chilensis Philippi 1844 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Tugali sp. Gray 1843 snail | |
Diloma lorea top snail
Pachydontella etiampicta top snail | |
Zefallacia lawsi Marwick 1948 cerith snail
Taxonia tesserata Marwick 1948 cerith snail | |
"Hartungia typica" = Janthina typica
"Hartungia typica" = Janthina typica Bronn 1861 snail | |
Cominella (Josepha) altispira true whelk
Cominella (Cominella) dingleyi true whelk
Penion gauli true whelk | |
Amalda (Baryspira) sp. Fischer 1883 snail | |
Polnices (Polinices) waipipiensis moon snail | |
Crepidula radiata slipper shell
Zegalerus tumens slipper shell |