GS #3241 - Waratah Station, Canterbury (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Collection #3044 (Hendy PhD)

Where: New Zealand (44.3° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° S, 174.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tokama Siltstone Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Tokama Siltstone? No lithostratigraphic data stated in text. AGE: Waitakian = Chattian-earliest Aquitanian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data provided in text. Offshore-marine (mid-outer shelf) siliciclastic environment [Hendy].
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Moderately-soft siltstone with scattered fossils. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, assumed based on facies description (moderately soft).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected by H.W. Wellman (1944). 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 67598: 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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unclassified
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Pachymagus cf. huttoni
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium "n. sp."
Dentalium "n. sp." Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella sp.
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus "n. sp."
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor cf. awamoaensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Friginatica vaughani
 Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea dentata
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Baryspira (Alocospira) "n. sp."" = Amalda (Baryspira), Baryspira aff. robusta
"Baryspira (Alocospira) "n. sp."" = Amalda (Baryspira) Fischer 1883 snail
Baryspira aff. robusta Marwick 1924 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus cf. afflictus
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Spinomelon parki
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis aff. hebetatus
 Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas cf. fusiformis
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma cf. haasti
Bathytoma cf. haasti Hutton 1877 snail
 Neogastropoda -
Diplomitra aff. masefieldi
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo awamoana
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Notocorbula humerosa
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinula uttleyi" = Dosina
"Dosinula uttleyi" = Dosina venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella trailli
Spissatella trailli Hutton 1873 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima paleata
Lima paleata file clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aff. zealandica
Limopsis aff. zealandica Hutton 1873 clam