PBDB Collection

P29/f280 Flaxbourne River (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Where: Marlborough, New Zealand (41.8° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 59.2° S, 169.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• RK9 radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified marl

• cream-white marl

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: C. J. Hollis, B. D. Field, K. M. Rodgers and C. P. Strong. 2003. Stratigraphic, paleontological and geochemical data from Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene strata in southeastern Marlborough, New Zealand. Science Report Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (9)1-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95849: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Spumellaria -	Prunocarpus "sp. A" Prunocarpus "sp. A" radiolarian
Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae	Spongodiscidae indet., Tholodiscus cf. densus Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian Tholodiscus cf. densus radiolarian
Spumellaria - Larnacillidae	Amphymenium concentricum Amphymenium concentricum radiolarian
Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae	Lithomespilus coronatus Lithomespilus coronatus radiolarian
Radiolaria - Actinommidae	Actinomminae indet. Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Lithocampida	Lithocampe wharanui Lithocampe wharanui radiolarian
Nassellaria - Plagoniidae	Lithomelissa cf. heros, ? Lithomelissa aitai, ? Lithomelissa hoplites Lithomelissa cf. heros radiolarian ? Lithomelissa aitai radiolarian ? Lithomelissa hoplites radiolarian
Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae	Plagiacanthidae indet. Plagiacanthidae indet. Hertwig 1879 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae	Amphipyndax aff. conicus, Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Amphipyndax aff. conicus radiolarian Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae	Carpocaniidae indet., Myllocercion acineton, Myllocercion aff. echtus, Theocapsomma sp., Theocapsomma amphora Carpocaniidae indet. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian Myllocercion acineton radiolarian Myllocercion aff. echtus radiolarian Theocapsomma sp. Haeckel 1887 radiolarian Theocapsomma amphora Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae	Cryptocarpium cf. ornatum Cryptocarpium cf. ornatum radiolarian
Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae	Artostrobiidae indet., Theocampe vanderhoofi Artostrobiidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian Theocampe vanderhoofi radiolarian
Nassellaria - Acropyramididae	Artostrobus pusillus, Cornutella californica Artostrobus pusillus radiolarian Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae	Mita regina, Dictyomitra sp., Dictyomitra andersoni, Dictyomitra multicostata Mita regina radiolarian Dictyomitra sp. Zittel 1876 radiolarian Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian Dictyomitra multicostata Zittel 1876 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Eucyrtidiidae indet., Stichomitra grandis, Stichomitra bertrandi, Stichomitra carnegiense, Cyrtocapsa livermorensis Eucyrtidiidae indet. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian Stichomitra grandis radiolarian Stichomitra bertrandi Cayeux 1897 radiolarian Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian Cyrtocapsa livermorensis radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae	Eusyringium aoteanum Eusyringium aoteanum radiolarian