Also known as GS1100; Coll# 3053 (Hendy PhD)
Where: New Zealand (44.6° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 168.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waikareka Volcanic Formation (Alma Group), Kaiatan (39.1 - 36.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Waikareka Volcanic Formation, which is the basal unit of the Alma Group, which is overlain by the Totara Limestone (Runangan), and in turn is overlain locally by Deborah Volcanic Fm (Whaingaroan). AGE: Kaiatan of Gage (1957) = Early Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, calcareous tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collectors. 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 67839: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.12.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Argalista proimpervia Laws 1935 snail | |
"Venustas (Mucrinops) waiareka" = Calliostoma
"Venustas (Mucrinops) waiareka" = Calliostoma top snail | |
Sigapatella vertex Marwick 1926 slipper shell | |
Zeacolpus lorensis turret shell
Spirocolpus tophinus turret shell
Vermicularia lorensis turret shell | |
Mitra "n. sp." Lamarck 1798 mitre shell | |
Falsicolus aff. obrutus snail
Falsicolus "n. sp." Finlay 1930 snail | |
Marshallena esdailei ribbed mitre | |
Waimatea "n. sp. cf. inconspicua" Finlay 1927 snail
Waimatea lorensis snail | |
Tatara revoluta snail | |
Rugobela humerosa snail | |
Trivia pinguior Marwick 1926 snail | |
"Proterato vulcania" = Lachryma vulcania
"Proterato vulcania" = Lachryma vulcania Marwick 1926 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Austrotriton "n. sp."" = Sassia
"Austrotriton "n. sp."" = Sassia Bellardi 1872 triton shell | |
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Polinella esdailei Marwick 1924 moon snail | |
"Lornia limatula" = Limacina
"Lornia limatula" = Limacina snail | |
Acteon cf. chattonensis Marwick 1929 snail | |
Gegania "n. sp." Jeffreys 1884 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Spissatella media Marwick 1926 clam | |
"Venericardia benhami" = Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) benhami
"Venericardia benhami" = Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) benhami Thompson 1908 clam | |
"Zemysia infrequens" = Diplodonta
"Zemysia infrequens" = Diplodonta clam | |
Nemocardium (Pratulum) semitectum Marwick 1926 cockle | |
Kellia antiquata clam | |
Trichomusculus lorensis mussel | |
"Fossularca januaria" = Quadrilatera januaria
"Fossularca januaria" = Quadrilatera januaria Marwick 1926 clam | |
Gigantostrea "n. sp. cf. mackayi" Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Limatula trulla Marwick 1926 file clam
Limea sp. Bronn 1831 file clam
Lima "n. sp." Bruguière 1797 file clam
Mantellum inconspicuum Marwick 1926 file clam | |
Serripecten enfieldensis Marwick 1926 scallop |