Conway River, Okarahia Sandstone (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.4° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 144.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• yellow-grey soft sandstone with 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 78400: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophylliidae indet.
Caryophylliidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
"Dasmosmilia spissa" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Dasmosmilia spissa" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina sp.
Oculina sp. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
"Haimesiastraea anchistina" = Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis
"Haimesiastraea anchistina" = Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
Dimitobelus lindsayi
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Struthioptera novoseelandica
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Procancellaria parkiana
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus australis, ? Inoceramus sp., Inoceramus pacificus
? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus pacificus Anderson and Hanna 1935 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cf. dichotoma, Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Aequipecten sp., "Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten), Camptonectes selwynensis
? Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
"Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten) scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula woodsi, ? Ctenoides sp.
Limatula woodsi Suter 1921 file clam
? Ctenoides sp. Mörch 1853 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp.
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp.
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Eriphyla meridiana
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Tikia) wilckensi
 Cardiida - Lahillidae
Lahillia (Lahilleona) aff. neozelanica
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira sp.
Thyasira sp. Lamarck 1818 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina canterburiensis
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata" = Trigonia pseudocaudata, "Oistotrigonia sp." = Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia)
"Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata" = Trigonia pseudocaudata Hector 1886 clam
"Oistotrigonia sp." = Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) Cox 1952 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium morganianum
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia ornata