Dannevirke GS 2741: Early/Lower Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Calliostomatidae
Maurea sp. Oliver 1926
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella sp. (Lesson 1830)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus sp. Kobelt 1879
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Baryspira cf. robusta Marwick 1924
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
? Waihaoia cf. phymatias
spelled with current rank as Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
? Metamelon inermis Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria cf. subspinosa Marwick 1924
Gastropoda - Cassidae
? Xenophalium sp. Iredale 1927
synonym of Semicassis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. duplicarina
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima colorata Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873
Monia sp. Gray 1850
spelled with current rank as Pododesmus (Monia)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama (Hima) sp. Marwick 1927
Notocallista (Fossacallista) cf. makoensis Marwick 1931
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Zenatia sp. Gray 1853
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella sp. Finlay 1926
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum aff. sphenodeum
unclassified
Maoritellina sp. Finlay 1926
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Dannevirke County:Mangatoro
Coordinates: 40.3° South, 176.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° South, 179.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ihungia
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Listed as "limestone concretions in mudstone". Formation "consists largely of massive dark-grey, nodular mudstones of slightly green or blue tinge", Lillie (1953)
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:forearc basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: No collection methods provided in text; material likely reposited in IGNS collections, New Zealand. Collected by A.R. Lillie (1941)
Taxonomic list comments:Representative list of mollusca, echinoidea, bachiopoda and coelentearata
Metadata
Also known as:Geological Survey coll. 2741
Database number:35657
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-02 19:16:13 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2005-01-02 19:16:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9452. A.R. Lillie. 1953. The Geology of the Dannevirke Subdivision. New Zealand geological Survey Bulletin 46 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]