Also known as S56/f32; GS10
Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 144.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Conway Siltstone Formation, Piripauan (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Conway Siltstone, which conformably overlies Tarapuhi Grit, and is conformably overlain by the Claverley Sandstone. AGE: Piripauan-Haumurian (=Coniacian-early Campanian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Loose boulders on beach.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by McKay in 1873; reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: A. McKay, 1873. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: G. Warren and I. Speden. 1977. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff District, South Marlborough. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83538: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium morganianum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
"Mixtipecten amuriensis" = Chlamys (Mixtipecten) scallop | |
Limatula woodsi Suter 1921 file clam | |
Entolium aff. membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
? Thyasira sp. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
? Panopea clausa Wilckens 1910 clam | |
"? Eximiothracia haasti" = Thracia
"? Eximiothracia haasti" = Thracia clam | |
Oistotrigonia waiparensis Woods 1900 clam | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis" = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Dimitobelus hectori" = Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori
"Dimitobelus hectori" = Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori Stevens 1965 belemnite | |
Gastropoda | |