PBDB Collection

S102/f517 - Opihi Rd, Canterbury (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Collection #3039 (Hendy PhD); GS #3240

Where: New Zealand (44.2° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 166.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waihao Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Limestone. No lithostratigraphic data stated in text. Estimated to be derived from Waihao Fm based on correlation figure of King et al. (1994). AGE: Bortonian age=latest Lutetian-Bartonian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data provided in text. Shallow-marine (inner shelf) siliciclastic environment [Hendy].

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Hard, light brown, shell limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collection comments: COLLECTOR: Collected by Park (1885). REPOSITORY: Collection probably reposited in New Zealand Geological Survey (IGNS) collections, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: H. W. Wellman. 1953. The Geology of the Geraldine Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin 50 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67590: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda , bivalvia, and scaphopoda. Coral also listed. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated and from standard publication, though identified to species and subgeneric resolution. IDENTIFICATION: Identified by J. Marwick.

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Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae	Laevidentalium pareorense Laevidentalium pareorense tusk shell
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Zeacolpus "n. sp.", Spirocolpus cf. tophinus Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell Spirocolpus cf. tophinus turret shell
Cerithioidea - Thiaridae	"? Melania sp." = Thiara "? Melania sp." = Thiara Röding 1798 snail
Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae	Keilostoma malingi Keilostoma malingi Marwick 1943 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Taniella sp. Taniella sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 moon snail
Opisthobranchia -	Superstes cf. paucistriata Superstes cf. paucistriata snail
Bivalvia
Pholadida - Corbulidae	"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) "Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Hedecardium cf. brunneri, Nemocardium (Pratulum) sp. Hedecardium cf. brunneri Hector 1886 cockle Nemocardium (Pratulum) sp. Iredale 1924 cockle
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina sp., "Tellinella "n. sp."" = Tellina (Tellinella), Macomona "n. sp." Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam "Tellinella "n. sp."" = Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 tellin clam Macomona "n. sp." Finlay 1926 tellin clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	"Maorimactra sp." = Mactra (Maorimactra) "Maorimactra sp." = Mactra (Maorimactra) Finlay 1928 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Tawera "n. sp.", Dosinia (Kakahuia) suteri Tawera "n. sp." Marwick 1927 venus clam Dosinia (Kakahuia) suteri venus clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Pleuromeris sp. Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867 clam
Carditida - Crassatellidae	"Crassatellites australis" = Crassatella "Crassatellites australis" = Crassatella clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Amygdalum "n. sp." Amygdalum "n. sp." Megerle 1811 mussel