Also known as GS958, GS2218; Coll# 3084 (Hendy PhD)
Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 178.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rifle Butts Formation (Kaierero Group), Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rifle Butts Fm, which gradationally overlies the Gee Greensand of the Kaierero Group, and is overlain by the Kurow Group. AGE: Hutchisonian-Awamoan in text of Gage (1957); late Altonian = Burdigalian-earliest Langhian; hereby assigned to the Altonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, gray, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by Park (1915-1916) and Marwick (1925). 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 67898: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Linucula) "n. sp." Marwick 1931 nut clam | |
Neilo awamoana clam | |
Limopsis "n. sp." Sassi 1827 clam | |
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873 scallop
Serripecten cf. enfieldensis Marwick 1926 scallop | |
Lima colorata Hutton 1873 file clam | |
Anomia cf. trigonopsis Hutton 1873 jingle | |
Pleuromeris cf. prolutea Marwick 1929 clam | |
Spissatella trailli Hutton 1873 clam | |
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam | |
"Tellinella aff. eugonia" = Tellina (Tellinella)
"Tellinella aff. eugonia" = Tellina (Tellinella) tellin clam | |
Semeloidea miocenica clam | |
"Notocallista (Fossacallista) parki" = Fossacallista venus clam
Marama ovata Marwick 1927 venus clam
Kuia vellicata venus clam | |
"Notolepton "n. sp."" = Neolepton
"Notolepton "n. sp."" = Neolepton Monterosato 1875 clam | |
Myrtea valdescripta clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Notacirsa cf. oamarutica wentletrap | |
Tanea socia, Globisinum miocenicum, Taniella notocenica, Magnatica "n. sp.", Friginatica vaughani, "Polinella modesta" = Polinices (Polinella), "Polinella "n. sp."" = Polinices (Polinella), Uberella pseudovitreus
Tanea socia moon snail
Globisinum miocenicum moon snail
Taniella notocenica moon snail
Magnatica "n. sp." Marwick 1924 moon snail
Friginatica vaughani moon snail
"Polinella modesta" = Polinices (Polinella) moon snail
"Polinella "n. sp."" = Polinices (Polinella) Marwick 1931 moon snail
Uberella pseudovitreus moon snail | |
Galeodea apodemetes snail | |
"Austrosassia maoria" = Sassia
"Austrosassia maoria" = Sassia triton shell | |
Ficus parvus fig shell | |
Struthiolaria subspinosa Marwick 1924 snail | |
"Baryspira gigartoides" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira gigartoides" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail | |
Comitas fusiformis snail | |
Neoguraleus sp. Powell 1939 snail | |
Parasyrinx alta turrid | |
Marshallaria senta cone shell | |
Rugobela caniculata snail | |
Mauidrillia supralaevis snail | |
Proximitra apicalis snail
Proximitra tumens snail
"Parvimitra pukeuriensis" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail | |
Glaphyrina aff. excelsa snail | |
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima)
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima) snail | |
Buccinulum (Evarnula) protensum, "Cominula (Procominula) pukeuriensis" = Cominella (Cominula), "Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki, Egotistica "n. sp."
Buccinulum (Evarnula) protensum true whelk
"Cominula (Procominula) pukeuriensis" = Cominella (Cominula) true whelk
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
Egotistica "n. sp." Marwick 1934 true whelk | |
Zemitrella haroldi snail | |
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella, "Marginella (Glabella) fraudulenta" = Glabella, Marginella harrisi
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella margin shell
"Marginella (Glabella) fraudulenta" = Glabella margin shell
Marginella harrisi margin shell | |
Zeadmete miocenica, "Uxia naroniformis" = Unitas
Zeadmete miocenica snail
"Uxia naroniformis" = Unitas snail | |
Maoricrypta sp. Finlay 1926 slipper shell
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell | |
Maoricolpus cavershamensis, Zeacolpus sp., Zeacolpus abscisa, Zeacolpus pukeuriensis, Pareora striolata
Maoricolpus cavershamensis turret shell
Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
Zeacolpus abscisa turret shell
Zeacolpus pukeuriensis Marwick 1934 turret shell
Pareora striolata Hutton 1885 turret shell | |
Eulimella larga snail
Odostomia obstinata Laws 1939 snail
Turbonilla pukeuriensis snail
Pukeuria anaglypta Laws 1941 snail |