N141/f770 - Te Aute (Southland Series): Middle Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinella sp.
Marwick 1931
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| spelled with current rank as Polinices (Polinella) | ||||||||||
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? Friginatica sp.
Hedley 1916
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Euspinacassis toreuma
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| synonym of Echinophoria | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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? Austrosassia sp.
Finlay 1931
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| synonym of Sassia | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella neozelanica
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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? Austrofusus sp.
Kobelt 1879
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astraea aff. bicarinata
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| Listed as "Astraea n sp. aff. bicarinata" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea ponderosa
Whiteaves 1876
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis sp.
Sassi 1827
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Notosariidae
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Notosaria sp.
Cooper 1959
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Hawke's Bay | County: | Te Aute |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° South, 176.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.0° South, 179.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Kahuranaki Trig | ||||
| Regional section: | Hawea Stream | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From Waiauan stage (late middle Miocene). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Sandstone. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: Probably shelfal, though possibly redeposited in deeper water. | |
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: Collected by J.T. Kingma. Collection likely to be reposited at IGNS (Geological Survey of New Zealand). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Identified by A.U.E Scott (GSNZ). Of reliable quality, vetted by A. Hendy (2004) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GS 5380 | ||
| Database number: | 45175 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-09 11:41:50 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-09 11:41:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11765. | J.T. Kingma. 1971. Geology of the Te Aute Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 70 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |