P29/f276SS 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 95858: 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
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Sponguridae indet.
Sponguridae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongodiscidae indet., Tholodiscus cf. densus, Tholodiscus cf. ocellatus, Spongotrochus sp.
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
Tholodiscus cf. ocellatus Ehrenberg 1874 radiolarian
Spongotrochus sp. Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Amphisphaera aotea
Amphisphaera aotea radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Larnacillidae
Amphymenium concentricum, Amphymenium cf. splendiarmatum
 Spumellaria -
"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus
"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Lithomespilus coronatus
 Spumellaria - Litheliidae
? Lithelius ex gr. minor, ? Lithelius "sp. A"
? Lithelius "sp. A" Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Actinomminae indet.
Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Plagoniidae
? Lithomelissa aitai
 Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae
Plagiacanthidae indet.
Plagiacanthidae indet. Hertwig 1879 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipternis alamedaensis, Amphipternis clava, Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki
Amphipternis clava Ehrenberg 1874 radiolarian
Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Myllocercion acineton, Myllocercion aff. echtus
 Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
Siphocampe aff. altamontensis, Theocampe vanderhoofi
 Nassellaria - Acropyramididae
Cornutella californica
Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Dictyomitra sp., Dictyomitra andersoni
Dictyomitra sp. Zittel 1876 radiolarian
Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Eucyrtidiidae indet., Stichomitra grandis, Stichomitra carnegiense
Eucyrtidiidae indet. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
Stichomitra grandis radiolarian
Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian