PBDB Collection

S102/f512 - Kakahu River, Canterbury (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Collection #3052 (Hendy PhD); GS #3236

Where: New Zealand (44.2° S, 171.1° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 176.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mount Brown Formation, Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic data stated in text, other than being derived from glauconitic sandstone with conglomerate, about 900 ft above the limestone. Estimated to be from Waikari Formation based on correlation figure of King et al. (1994). AGE: Altonian age= Early Miocene; Awamoan in text.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, glauconitic, conglomeratic sandstone

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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft glauconitic sandstone with conglomerate and bands of glauconitic sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on facies description (moderately soft = with difficulty crushed by hand).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected by 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 67827: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.12.2006

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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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Gastropoda
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Sigapatella sp., Maoricrypta wilckensi Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell Maoricrypta wilckensi slipper shell
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Maoricolpus cavershamensis Maoricolpus cavershamensis turret shell
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Tanea sublata, Polinices huttoni, Polinices (Polinella) lobata, Friginatica vaughani Tanea sublata moon snail Polinices huttoni moon snail Polinices (Polinella) lobata moon snail Friginatica vaughani moon snail
Neogastropoda - Columbariidae	Coluzea aff. dentata Coluzea aff. dentata snail
Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae	Baryspira robusta Baryspira robusta Marwick 1924 snail
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Bonellitia sp., Inglisella aff. ampla, Maorivetia brevirostris Bonellitia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail Inglisella aff. ampla snail Maorivetia brevirostris snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Austrofusus spinifer, Verconella "n. sp.", "Verconella cf. marwicki" = Penion marwicki Austrofusus spinifer true whelk Verconella "n. sp." Iredale 1914 true whelk "Verconella cf. marwicki" = Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	"Hima soicalis" = Nassarius (Hima) "Hima soicalis" = Nassarius (Hima) snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Spinomelon parki Spinomelon parki volute
Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae	Comitas fusiformis Comitas fusiformis snail
Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae	Austrotoma minor Austrotoma minor snail
Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae	Zemacies "n. sp." Zemacies "n. sp." Finlay 1926 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae	Struthiolaria subspinosa Struthiolaria subspinosa Marwick 1924 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	Xenophora prognata Xenophora prognata carrier shell
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Neilo awamoana Neilo awamoana clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula sp. Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Notocorbula humerosa Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Atamarcia aff. sulcifera, Marama (Hina) ovata Atamarcia aff. sulcifera Marwick 1927 venus clam Marama (Hina) ovata Marwick 1927 venus clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Scalpomactra "n. sp.", Zenatia "n. sp." Scalpomactra "n. sp." Finlay 1928 clam Zenatia "n. sp." Gray 1853 clam
Cardiida - Psammobiidae	Gari "n. sp." Gari "n. sp." Schumacher 1817 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Pleuromeris sp., Venericardia awamoaensis Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867 clam Venericardia awamoaensis clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Lentipecten hochstetteri Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia trigonopsis Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873 jingle
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea australis Cucullaea australis clam
Arcida - Limopsidae	Limopsis cf. zitteli Limopsis cf. zitteli Ihering 1907 clam