S180/f521 (Paleocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 4962

Where: Southland, New Zealand (46.2° S, 170.0° E: paleocoordinates 58.5° S, 160.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wangaloa Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Waipawan local stage = basal Ypresian. More recent literature (Stilwell, 1993; Cooper et al., 2004) suggests a Early Teurian stage = Danian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous, pebbly conglomerate and sandstone

• Paleoenvironmental data not reported.
• Marine, ferruginous quartz pebble conglomerate and sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Finlay and Marwick. Collections are likely to be reposited in IGNZ (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections.

Primary reference: H. J. Harrington. 1958. Geology of Kaitangata Coalfield. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 59 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50216: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by J. Marwick. Nomenclature revised by A, Hendy (2005) - PhD thesis
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus) sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Conchothyra sp. n. sp. Hutton 1877 snail
 Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
Tudiclana sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Cucullona) sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Lahillidae
Lahillia sp. Cossmann 1899 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Ledina cf. taioma pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae