Also known as Collection #3039 (Hendy PhD); GS #3240
Where: New Zealand (44.2° S, 171.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 45.8° S, 159.7° W (Wright 2013)
• 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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam | |
Tawera "n. sp." Marwick 1927 venus clam
Dosinia (Kakahuia) suteri venus clam | |
"Maorimactra sp." = Mactra (Maorimactra)
"Maorimactra sp." = Mactra (Maorimactra) Finlay 1928 clam | |
Macomona "n. sp." Finlay 1926 tellin clam
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellinella "n. sp."" = Tellina (Tellinella) Mörch 1853 tellin clam | |
Nemocardium (Pratulum) sp. Iredale 1924 cockle
Hedecardium cf. brunneri Hector 1886 cockle | |
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
"Crassatellites australis" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites australis" = Crassatella clam | |
Amygdalum "n. sp." Megerle 1811 mussel | |
Scaphopoda | |
Laevidentalium pareorense tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Taniella sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 moon snail | |
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell
Spirocolpus cf. tophinus turret shell | |
Keilostoma malingi Marwick 1943 snail | |
"? Melania sp." = Thiara
"? Melania sp." = Thiara Röding 1798 snail |