P29/f277FS 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)

• RP1 radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert and lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone

• cm-bedded dark siliceous mudstone alternating with dark grey porcellanite/chert

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 95855: 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., Stichomitra bertrandi, Stichomitra carnegiense
Eucyrtidiidae indet. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
Stichomitra bertrandi Cayeux 1897 radiolarian
Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki
Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Myllocercion acineton
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Dictyomitra andersoni
Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Actinomminae indet.
Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongodiscidae indet.
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Lithomespilus coronatus
 Spumellaria -
Amphisphaera aotea
Amphisphaera aotea radiolarian