P30/f456 Woodside Creek (Paleocene of New Zealand)

Where: Marlborough, New Zealand (41.9° S, 174.1° E: paleocoordinates 57.5° S, 170.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Mead Hill Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• RP1 radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, calcareous chert

• light green-grey, dm-bedded, laminated, clay-poor, slightly calcareous porcellanite

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 95890: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Saturnalidae indet.
Saturnalidae indet. Deflandre 1953 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae
Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi
Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Cyrtocapsa livermorensis, Stichomitra grandis, Stichomitra carnegiense
Stichomitra grandis radiolarian
Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Lithocampida
Lithocampe wharanui
 Nassellaria - Acropyramididae
Bathropyramis sanjoaquinensis, Cornutella californica
Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipternis alamedaensis, 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
Theocampe vanderhoofi
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Dictyomitra minima, Dictyomitra andersoni, Dictyomitra multicostata
Dictyomitra minima radiolarian
Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Dictyomitra multicostata Zittel 1876 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria indet.
Spumellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Phaseliformidae
Phaseliforma laxa
Phaseliforma laxa Pessagno 1972 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongodiscidae indet., Spongodiscus sp., Spongotrochus cf. antiquus
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
Spongodiscus sp. Ehrenberg 1854 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma renillaeformis
Orbiculiforma renillaeformis Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus, Amphisphaera aotea
"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Amphisphaera aotea radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Lithomespilus coronatus
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Actinomminae indet.
Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
unclassified
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Porodiscidae indet.