Also known as GS3883
Where: New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° S, 167.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gardiner Greensand Member (Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Incholme Glauconitic Sand Mbr of the Tapui Glauconitic Sand Fm, immediately overlying the Kauru Fm (Teurian), and overlain locally by Raki Siltstone (Kaiatan). AGE: upper Bortonian of Gage (1957) = Bartonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper member within the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, micaceous, calcareous, carbonaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64732: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) cf. subglobosa" = Glycymerita
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) cf. subglobosa" = Glycymerita clam | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Ostrea "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Crassatellites australis" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites australis" = Crassatella clam | |
Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) sp. Maxwell 1969 clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell | |
Magnatica cf. fons moon snail | |
"Proficus "n. sp."" = Priscoficus
"Proficus "n. sp."" = Priscoficus Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
Notoplejona necopinata volute
Mauira ? angusta volute | |
Galeodea modesta snail |