N111/f520/535 - Tongariro (Taranaki Series): Late/Upper Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Maoricrypta radiata
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= Crepidula radiata
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
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Sigapatella sp.
(Lesson 1830)
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= Sigapatella (Sigapatella) sp.
Lesson 1830
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices mucronatus
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= Polinices (Polinices) mucronatus
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Baryspira subhebera
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= Amalda (Alocospira) subhebera
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
| Genus and subgenus reassignment | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cominella (Acominia) hendersoni
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= Cominella (Cominella) hendersoni
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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? Phenatoma sp.
Finlay 1924
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Gastropoda
- Struthiolariidae
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Struthiolaria (Callusaria) callosa
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea cf. worthingtoni
(Hutton 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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= Austrovenus sp.
Finlay 1926
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
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Bassina yatei
Gray 1835
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Kuia macdowelli
Marwick 1927
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Dosinia (Kereia) cottoni
Marwick 1927
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Dosinia (Austrodosinia) sp.
(Dall 1902)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Maorimactra cf. acuminella
Finlay 1930
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Resania sp.
Gray 1853
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Gari cf. lineolata
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= Gari (Gari) cf. lineolata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Angulus cf. spenceri
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= Rexithaerus cf. spenceri
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Macoma (Rexithaerus) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella cf. cumingi
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= Divaricella (Divalucina) cf. huttoni
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Maxwell 1992 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | County: | Tongariro |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° South, 175.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° South, 176.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Whakapapa Gorge | ||||
| Regional section: | Tongariro | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Sandstones. A Tongaporutuan age (early Late Miocene) seems most probable based on faunal similarities with the Urenui beds and Hurupi Creek. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Sandstone. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: Faunal list looks to be from shallow-water shelfal environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Gregg et al. Likely to be reposited in IGNS (N.Z. Geol. Surv.) collections. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Representative. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GS 1535/5802 | ||
| Database number: | 45030 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-28 20:23:55 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-28 20:23:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11718. | D. R. Gregg. 1960. The geology of Tongarairo Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 40 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 10506 | P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |