CH/f257, f587 and f345 - Kahuitara Tuff, Rocky Side (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Also known as DL73, GS 12122, GS 13984

Where: New Zealand (44.3° S, 176.0° W: paleocoordinates 60.7° S, 132.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kahuitara Tuff Formation (Pitt Island Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Pitt Island Group includes Kahuitara Tuff, Southern Volcanics, and an unamed Haumurian limestone. The Kahuitara Tuff rests unconformably upon the Tupuangi Formation and passes into the Southern Volcanics without disconformity. THICKNESS: Maximum thickness of 225 m. AGE: Early Haumurian. To avoid orphaning the collection is placed into the Campanian (=early Haumurian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, coarse-grained, pebbly, tuffaceous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Inner shelf, open marine environment, near normal salinity, water depths ranging from 5-50 m.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Pebbly, coarse tuffaceous sandstone, compact. LITHIFICATION: Presumably lithified as stated to be "compact"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown abbreviations (MAC, 1977). REPOSITORY: Presumably reposited in the New Zealand Geological Survey collections (now GNS Science), Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Primary reference: H. J. Campbell, P. B. Andrews, A. G. Beu, P. A. Maxwell, A. R. Edwards, M. G. Laird, N. deB Hornibrook, D. C. Mildenhall, W. A. Watters, J. S. Buckeridge, D. E. Lee, C. P. Strong, G. J. Wilson and B. W. Hayward. 1993. Cretaceous-Cenozoic geology and biostratigraphy of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monograph 2:1-269 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63094: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive from macrofaunal groups. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but identified by specialists and reported with modern nomenclature.
unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Buliminella sp. Cushman 1911
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides sp. Reiss 1963
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Alabamina australis
Subspecies: A. australis australis
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Foraminifera
  -
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
"Marginulina bullata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina bullata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
  - Spiroplectamminidae
  -
Patellina sp. Williamson 1858
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid
 Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
"Dimitobelus hectori" = Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori
"Dimitobelus hectori" = Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori Stevens 1965 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
? Maorites sp. Marshall 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites rectus Marshall 1926 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
? Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail
 Cerithiacea -
? Cerithiacea indet. Férussac 1819 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea cf. zealandica" = Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica
"Cucullaea cf. zealandica" = Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Woods 1917 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Pseudolimea woodsi" = Lima (Limatula) woodsi
"Pseudolimea woodsi" = Lima (Limatula) woodsi Suter 1921 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium cf. membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Chlamys "sp. A" Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Lahillidae
? Lahillia sp. n. sp. Cossmann 1899 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Irregularia -
Spatangoida indet. Agassiz 1840 heart urchin
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark