Waitete Bay: Chattian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Globigerinidae
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Globigerina euapertura
Jenkins 1960
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5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Ataxophragmiidae
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Arenodosaria antipoda
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5 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Siphogenerinoididae
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Rectuvigerina rerensis
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1 %-individuals | |||||||||
| x striatissima | ||||||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Melonis simplex
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25 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Notorotalia spinosa
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35 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides temperatus
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25 %-individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | North Island |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° South, 175.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° South, 179.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Torehina | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Oligocene: Duntroonian or Duntroonian to mid-Waitakian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: calcareous siltstone and fine sandstone | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
| Geology comments: sheltered marine environment at deep inner shelf depths (20-50m) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | S10/f9511 | ||
| Database number: | 205948 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-25 17:00:40 | Last modified: | 2019-10-25 17:02:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-25 17:00:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70621. | M. K. Eagle and B. W. Hayward. 1993. Oligocene paleontology and palaeoecology of Waitete Bay, Northern Coromandel Peninsula. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30:13-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |