PBDB Collection

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

Show authors, comments, and common names

unclassified
-	Porodiscidae indet. Porodiscidae indet.
Protozoa
Radiolaria - Actinommidae	Actinomminae indet. Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Lithocampida	Lithocampe wharanui Lithocampe wharanui radiolarian
Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae	Dictyomitra minima, Dictyomitra multicostata, Dictyomitra andersoni Dictyomitra minima radiolarian Dictyomitra multicostata Zittel 1876 radiolarian Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Acropyramididae	Bathropyramis sanjoaquinensis, Cornutella californica Bathropyramis sanjoaquinensis radiolarian Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae	Theocampe vanderhoofi Theocampe vanderhoofi radiolarian
Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae	Theocapsomma sp., Theocapsomma erdnussa, Myllocercion acineton, Myllocercion aff. echtus Theocapsomma sp. Haeckel 1887 radiolarian Theocapsomma erdnussa radiolarian Myllocercion acineton radiolarian Myllocercion aff. echtus radiolarian
Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae	Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi Neosciadiocapsa jenkinsi Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae	Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki, Amphipternis alamedaensis Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian Amphipternis alamedaensis radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Cyrtocapsa livermorensis, Stichomitra grandis, Stichomitra carnegiense Cyrtocapsa livermorensis radiolarian Stichomitra grandis radiolarian Stichomitra carnegiense Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	Saturnalidae indet. Saturnalidae indet. Deflandre 1953 radiolarian
Radiolaria -	Spumellaria indet. Spumellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae	Lithomespilus coronatus Lithomespilus coronatus radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Amphisphaera aotea Amphisphaera aotea radiolarian
Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae	Orbiculiforma renillaeformis Orbiculiforma renillaeformis Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae	Spongodiscidae indet., Spongotrochus cf. antiquus, Spongodiscus sp. Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian Spongotrochus cf. antiquus radiolarian Spongodiscus sp. Ehrenberg 1854 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	"Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus "Stylosphaera pusilla" = Lithatractus pusillus Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Phaseliformidae	Phaseliforma laxa Phaseliforma laxa Pessagno 1972 radiolarian