Kawhia, f272 (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (39.9° S, 174.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 66.3° S, 77.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Arawhero Formation, Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, concretionary, gray carbonate

• small light gray carbonate nodules

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, peroxide,

Primary reference: R. S. Hori, Y. Aita, and J.A. Grant-MacKie. 1996. Preliminary report on Lower Jurassic radiolaria of Gondwana origin from the Kawhia coast, New Zealand. The Island Arc 5:104-113 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53751: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 14.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria "indet. A", Nassellaria indet., "Thetis aff. undulata" = Thetisolala undulata, "? Thetis sp." = Thetisolala
Nassellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Nassellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
"Thetis aff. undulata" = Thetisolala undulata De Wever 1982 radiolarian
"? Thetis sp." = Thetisolala De Wever and O'Dogherty 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Droltus robustospinosus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
"? Jacus sp." = Napora Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
? Bipedis "sp. A" De Wever 1982 radiolarian
Bipedis "sp. B" De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Foremanellinidae
Riedelius sp. De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
? Raoultius sp. De Wever 1982 radiolarian
Raoultius calcar De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Pseudoheliodiscus "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Perispyridium sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
? Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
? Spumellaria "indet. C" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
? Spumellaria "indet. D" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongotrochus "sp. A" Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
Spongotrochus "sp. B" Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
"? Paronaella sp." = Paronaella, "? Archaeotriastrum aff. hirsutum" = Paronaella hirsuta, "? Archaeotriastrum sp." = Paronaella
"? Paronaella sp." = Paronaella Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
"? Archaeotriastrum aff. hirsutum" = Paronaella hirsuta De Wever 1981 radiolarian
"? Archaeotriastrum sp." = Paronaella Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
? Pseudopantanellium sp. Yeh 1987 radiolarian
? Pantanellium sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Pantanellium suessi radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
? Emiluvia "sp. A" Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
"Orbiculiforma trispinula" = Orbiculiformella trispina trispinula Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
? Spongostaurus "sp. A" Haeckel 1882 radiolarian
? Spongostaurus "sp. B" Haeckel 1882 radiolarian
Spongostaurus "sp. C" Haeckel 1882 radiolarian
Spongostaurus sp. Haeckel 1882 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma "sp. A" Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
? Orbiculiforma multifora Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella aff. prisca Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Pseudocrucella sp. Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Homoeoparonaella aff. elegans Pessagno 1977 radiolarian