Lankey Limestone, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand: Emsian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites cf. carmini
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
| "Favosites sp. cf. Emmonsia carmini (Stewart)" | ||||||||||
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Favosites murrumbidgeensis
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Thamnopora reeftonensis
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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cf. Cladopora sp.
Hall 1851
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
| genus listed as "Cladophora" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Disphyllidae
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Hexagonaria allani
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Hexagonaria sp.
Gürich 1896
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Zaphrentis sp.
Haime 1850
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
| synonym of Zaphrenthis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Eridophyllidae
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Tipheophyllum bartrumi
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporida
- Stromatoporidae
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Stromatopora cf. hupschii
(Bargatzky 1881)
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stromatopora huepschii | ||||||||||
| listed as "Stromatospora" | ||||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Clathrodictyida
- Anostylostromatidae
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Anostylostroma clarum
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Ischnacanthiformes
- Ischnacanthidae
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Gomphonchus sp.
Gross 1971
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Bradshaw 1988 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Climatiiformes
- Climatiidae
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Nostolepis gracilis
Gross 1947
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Bradshaw 1988 | |||||||||
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Nostolepis striata
Pander 1856
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Bradshaw 1988 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
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Spathognathodus cf. canadensis
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Bradshaw 1988 | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Fistulipora cf. trifoliata
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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? Lioclema reeftonensis
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Leioclema | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Meganterididae
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Pleurothyrella venusta
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria sp.
Hall 1884
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Dechenella mackayi
(Allan 1935)
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Bradshaw and Hegan 1983 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | County: | Akaroa |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° South, 171.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.1° South, 178.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| Stage: | Emsian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Emsian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lankey Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Reefton Group is not very well dated, as there are few correlatable fossils. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: "93-110m. Massive, coarse biorudites; some interbedded stratified shelly limestone. Well-sorted quartzarenite unit in middle of formation." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "High energy, shallow clear water." | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: See PBDB coll. 25785 for reef fauna. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40524 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-24 12:33:36 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-24 12:33:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10921. | M. A. Bradshaw. 1999. Lower Devonian bivalves from the Reefton Group, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 20:1-171 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 10920 | M. A. Bradshaw. 1988. New studies on the Devonian of New Zealand. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), , eds. Devonian of the World, Volume I 773-782 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] | |
| 10922 | M. A. Bradshaw and B. D. Hegan. 1983. Stratigraphy and structure of the Devonian rocks of Inangahua Outlier, Reefton, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 26(4):325-344 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |