P29/f413 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)

• RP3 radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

• medium green-grey dm-bedded clay-poor calcareous porcellanite to siliceous limestone

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 95881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Hexadorium cf. magnificum
Protozoa
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Actinomminae indet.
Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Plagiacanthidae
Plagiacanthidae indet.
Plagiacanthidae indet. Hertwig 1879 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Lithocampida
Lithocampe wharanui
 Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae
Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi
Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Acropyramididae
Bathropyramis sanjoaquinensis, Cornutella californica, Artostrobus pusillus
Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
Lithostrobus wero
Lithostrobus wero radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Eucyrtidiidae indet., Buryella granulata, Stichomitra carnegiense, Cyrtocapsa livermorensis, Cyrtocapsa campi
Eucyrtidiidae indet. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
Buryella granulata radiolarian
Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Cyrtocapsa campi Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
Artostrobiidae indet., Siphocampe altamontensis, Phormostichoartus strongi, Theocampe vanderhoofi
Artostrobiidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Theocapsomma amphora, Myllocercion acineton
Theocapsomma amphora Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax aff. conicus, Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki, Amphipternis alamedaensis
Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Mita regina, Dictyomitra multicostata, Dictyomitra andersoni
Mita regina radiolarian
Dictyomitra multicostata Zittel 1876 radiolarian
Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Saturnalis kennetti
 Spumellaria -
"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus
"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Coccodiscidae
Heliosestrum sp.
Heliosestrum sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Litheliidae
Lithelius kaikouraensis, ? Lithelius ex gr. minor, ? Lithelius "sp. A"
? Lithelius "sp. A" Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Protoxiphotractus wilsoni, Lithomespilus coronatus
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Spongurus cf. bilobatus
 Spumellaria -
Amphisphaera kina, Amphisphaera goruna, Amphisphaera macrosphaera
Amphisphaera kina radiolarian
Amphisphaera goruna radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Larnacillidae
Amphymenium cf. splendiarmatum
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongodiscidae indet., Spongotrochus sp., Tholodiscus cf. ocellatus
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
Spongotrochus sp. Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
Tholodiscus cf. ocellatus Ehrenberg 1874 radiolarian