R16/f6055 - Awaroa Creek, Kawhia Harbour (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 1964; N73/55

Where: New Zealand (38.2° S, 174.9° E: paleocoordinates 85.8° S, 51.4° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-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: Lithology and lithification data not reported in text. Assumed to be lithified on the basis of age.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTORS: H.T. Ferrar. 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 63759: 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 J.A. Marwick and G.R. Stevens.
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp.
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis aucklandica
Belemnopsis aucklandica Hochstetter 1863 belemnite
Subspecies: B. aucklandica aucklandica