Locality R13/f6500, Waikato (Jurassic to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (37.4° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 79.3° S, 58.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moewaka Formation, Late/Upper Callovian to Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 157.3 Ma)

• Early Heterian. Material from the Moewaka quarry horizon in the lower part of Moewaka Formation, within the Murihiku Supergroup.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, gray sandstone

• Jurassic rocks of the Murihiku Supergroup represent estuarine and marine continental shelf sites of deposition.
• fine-grained light grey sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: Type specimens are held in the Geology Department, Univesity of Auckland.

Primary reference: H. J. Campbell and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1995. Jurassic Pholadomyidae (Bivalvia) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 38:47-59 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51934: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.07.2005, edited by Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Ondontaster priscus3
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.3
Brachiopoda indet.3 Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina indet.3
Terebratulina indet.3 d'Orbigny 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Tainuirhynchia tainuii2, Rhynchonella sp.3
Tainuirhynchia tainuii2 MacFarlan 1992
Locality AU703
Rhynchonella sp.3 Fischer 1809
Tubulostium
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Tubulostium sp.3
Tubulostium sp.3 Stoliczka 1868
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.3
Serpula sp.3 Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon cf. egertonianus3
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Retroceramus galoi
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna kawhiana
Pinna kawhiana Marwick 1953 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes cf. lens3
Camptonectes cf. lens3 Sowerby 1818 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea sp.3
Pseudolimea sp.3 Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.3
Entolium sp.3 Meek 1865 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte sp.3
? Astarte sp.3 Sowerby 1816 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya milleformis
Pleuromya milleformis Marwick 1953 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Austrocardilanx gracilis1
Austrocardilanx gracilis1 Gardner 2005 venus clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp.3
Thracia sp.3 Blainville 1824 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Moewakamya) hudsoni n. subgen. n. sp.
Pholadomya (Moewakamya) hudsoni n. subgen. n. sp. clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
"Vaugonia kawhiana" = Vaugonia (Vaugonia) kawhiana
"Vaugonia kawhiana" = Vaugonia (Vaugonia) kawhiana Trechmann 1923 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis3
"Nucula cf. cuneiformis" = Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis3 Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis annae
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.3
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Holcophylloceras sp.
Holcophylloceras sp. Spath 1927 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp.3
Pleurotomaria sp.3 Defrance 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.3
Nerinea sp.3 Deshayes 1827 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura sp.3
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp.3
Procerithium sp.3 Cossmann 1902 snail
1Gardner 2005; 2MacFarlan 1992; 3Purser 1961