R15/f8066 - Kawhia Harbour (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 826; N73/66

Where: New Zealand (38.1° S, 174.9° E: paleocoordinates 85.5° S, 47.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puaroan (150.0 - 145.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Puaroan = Late Tithonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology or lithification, not stated in text. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTORS: A. McKay (1884). REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: G. R. Stevens. 1965. The Jurassic and Cretaceous Belemnites of New Zealand and a Review of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Belemnites of the Indo-Pacific Region. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 36 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63756: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Limited, however exhaustive, to taxonomic group covered in monograph (Belemnitida). NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by G.R. Stevens and C.A. Fleming.
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus haasti" = Retroceramus haasti
"Inoceramus haasti" = Retroceramus haasti Hochstetter 1863 clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Malayomaorica malayomaorica Krumbeck 1923 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes marwicki belemnite
Subspecies: Hibolithes marwicki marwicki