P29/f281SS Flaxbourne River (Paleocene of New Zealand)

Where: Marlborough, New Zealand (41.8° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 57.4° S, 170.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• RK9 radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified claystone

• K/T-boundary clay

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 95851: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Eucyrtidiidae indet., Cyrtocapsa livermorensis, Stichomitra grandis, Stichomitra carnegiense, Stichomitra bertrandi
Eucyrtidiidae indet. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
Stichomitra grandis radiolarian
Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Stichomitra bertrandi Cayeux 1897 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Lithocampida
Lithocampe wharanui
 Nassellaria - Plagoniidae
? Lithomelissa hoplites
 Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae
Plagiacanthidae indet.
Plagiacanthidae indet. Hertwig 1879 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax aff. conicus, Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki
Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Theocapsomma sp., Theocapsomma erdnussa, Myllocercion acineton, Myllocercion aff. echtus
Theocapsomma sp. Haeckel 1887 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
Siphocampe altamontensis, Theocampe vanderhoofi
 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
 Spumellaria - Phaseliformidae
Phaseliforma subcarinata
Phaseliforma subcarinata Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Litheliidae
? Lithelius ex gr. minor
 Spumellaria -
Prunocarpus "sp. A"
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongodiscidae indet.
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Lithomespilus coronatus
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Actinomminae indet.
Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian