GS 10226, north of Domett (S62/f988): Kapitean, New Zealand
collected by A.C. Beck, P.A. Maxwell, G. Warren, A.G. Beu 1968

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) sp. (Finlay 1926)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Lamprodomina neozelanica (Hutton 1885)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion aff. brazieri
Aeneator huttoni
Austrofusus coerulescens
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Pelicaria aff. zelandiae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Purpurocardia) cf. purpurata (Deshayes 1854)
recombined as Purpurocardia purpurata
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama sp. Marwick 1927
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Zenatia cf. acinaces
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium finlayi
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Xenostrobus huttoni
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Pinna pectinata
ssp. zelandica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Sectipecten wollastoni
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia cubaensis (Lea 1841)
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 42.8° South, 173.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° South, 177.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Kapitean
Age range of interval:7.20000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The assemblage, and particularly the index species Sectipecten wollastoni, Aeneator huttoni, and Austrofusus coerulescens indicate a Kapitean age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IGNS
Collectors:A.C. Beck, P.A. Maxwell, G. Warren, A.G. Beu Collection dates:1968
Metadata
Database number:180103
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-07-07 00:08:08 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-07 00:08:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

59708. A. G. Beu. 1973. Nautiloids of the genus Aturia from the uppermost Miocene of Australia and New Zealand. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:297-308 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]