PBDB Collection

S55/f25, Haumuri Bluff, Okarahia Sandstone (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 144.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Okarahia Sandstone Formation (Mata Group), Piripauan (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• probably lower part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• yellow-grey soft sandstone with two lensoid bands of grey very hard richly fossiliferous calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Warren and I. Speden. 1978. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff district, South Marlborough (S56). New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78374: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2008, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Dreissensia cf. lanceolata Dreissensia cf. lanceolata
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae	Rhynchonella sp. Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Lingulata
Lingulida - Discinidae	Discinidae indet. Discinidae indet. Gray 1840
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras sp. Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae	Dimitobelus lindsayi Dimitobelus lindsayi belemnite
Gastropoda
Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae	Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) maoriensis Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) maoriensis snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	? Angaria sp. ? Angaria sp. Röding 1798 snail
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Eriptycha punamutica Eriptycha punamutica snail
Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae	? Tudiclana alta ? Tudiclana alta snail
Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae	Conchothyra parasitica Conchothyra parasitica snail
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Struthioptera novoseelandica Struthioptera novoseelandica snail
Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae	Procancellaria parkiana Procancellaria parkiana periwinkle
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	? Scalaria pacifica ? Scalaria pacifica wentletrap
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	? Cylichna thomsoniana ? Cylichna thomsoniana snail
Neritoina - Neritopsidae	Protodolium speighti Protodolium speighti Trechmann 1917 snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	"Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis" = Jupiteria, Nuculana sp. "Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica Woods 1917 clam
Arcida - Glycymerididae	"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) selwynensis" = Glycymerita "Glycymeris (Glycymerita) selwynensis" = Glycymerita clam
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia mackayi Barbatia mackayi clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	"Nordenskjoldia hectori" = Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia) "Nordenskjoldia hectori" = Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia) clam
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus australis, Inoceramus pacificus Inoceramus australis clam Inoceramus pacificus Anderson and Hanna 1935 clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Crassostrea cf. dichotoma, Ostrea sp. Crassostrea cf. dichotoma oyster Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	? Aequipecten sp., "Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten), Camptonectes selwynensis ? Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop "Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten) scallop Camptonectes selwynensis scallop
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium aff. membranaceum Entolium aff. membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Limatula woodsi Limatula woodsi Suter 1921 file clam
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia sp. Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus cf. flagellifer, Modiolus cf. typicus Modiolus cf. flagellifer mussel Modiolus cf. typicus Forbes 1846 mussel
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Anthonya elongata Anthonya elongata clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Eriphyla meridiana Eriphyla meridiana clam
Hiatellida - Hiatellidae	Panopea clausa Panopea clausa Wilckens 1910 clam
Thraciida - Thraciidae	"? Eximiothracia haasti" = Thracia "? Eximiothracia haasti" = Thracia clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Zenatia cretacea Zenatia cretacea clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Callista (Tikia) wilckensi, Cyclorismina cf. woodsi Callista (Tikia) wilckensi venus clam Cyclorismina cf. woodsi Marwick 1927 venus clam
Cardiida - Lahillidae	Lahillia (Lahilleona) aff. neozelanica Lahillia (Lahilleona) aff. neozelanica clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp., Cardium (Bucardium) lillei Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium (Bucardium) lillei Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978 cockle
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina canterburiensis Lucina canterburiensis clam
Trigoniida - Trigoniidae	Pacitrigonia aff. hanetiana, "Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata" = Trigonia pseudocaudata, "Oistotrigonia sp." = Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) Pacitrigonia aff. hanetiana d'Orbigny 1842 clam "Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata" = Trigonia pseudocaudata Hector 1886 clam "Oistotrigonia sp." = Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) Cox 1952 clam
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium morganianum Dentalium morganianum tusk shell
Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Rotularia ornata Rotularia ornata