S56/f533, Haumuri Bluff, Tarapuhi Grit (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 57.7° S, 149.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tarapuhi Grit Formation (Mata Group), Haumurian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified sandstone

• high energy
• green-grey hard calcareous sandstone and fine conglomerate

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 78378: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia ornata
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
? Inoceramus matotorus
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lapillicola
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium aff. membranaceum
Entolium aff. membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Callista (Tikia) wilckensi
Gastropoda
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
? Anisomyon sp.
? Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
"? Dimitobelus hectori" = Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori, "? Dimitobelus ongleyi" = Dimitobelus (Dimitobelus) ongleyi
"? Dimitobelus hectori" = Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori Stevens 1965 belemnite
"? Dimitobelus ongleyi" = Dimitobelus (Dimitobelus) ongleyi Stevens 1965 belemnite