S118/f539 (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 5618

Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.5° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° S, 165.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Broken River Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Unit 5 ft thick. Porangan local stage.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, concretionary sandstone

• intercalations of micaceous sands and concretionary slabs

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Gudex (1918), Allan, and Marwick (1960). COllections likely to be reposited in IGNS (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections, Lower Hutt, New Zealaand

Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1960. Early Tertiary Mollusca from Otaio Gorge, South Canterbury. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 33 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50147: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Identifications are those of Marwick (1960). Nomenclature revised by A. Hendy (2005)
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella (Sigapatella) mapalia Marwick 1929 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Colposigma plebeia n. sp. Marwick 1960 turret shell
Colposigma gairi Marwick 1960 turret shell
Zeacolpus (Zeacolpus) sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Monalaria gracilis snail
Subspecies: Monalaria gracilis filata n. subsp.
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Rugobela oborni Marwick 1960 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma Cossmann 1889 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Waihaoia sp." = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Marwick 1926 volute
Athleta lata Marwick 1926 volute
Subspecies: Notoplejona neocopinata lata
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus allani n. sp. fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Propesinum fornicatum" = Eunaticina moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea aff. gudexi Suter 1917 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Gonimyrtea sp. Marwick 1929 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Costacallista hectori Finlay and Marwick 1937 venus clam
Turia fausata n. sp. venus clam
Dosinia (Kereia) sp. Marwick 1927 venus clam
Dosinia (Kereia) castigata Marwick 1960 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea worthingtoni Hutton 1873 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae