N141/f764 - Te Aute (Southland Series): Middle Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Coelenterata indet. Hatschek 1888
Listed as "corals"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Liothyrella sp. Thomson 1916
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Listed as "polyzoa"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia perscrupulosa Marwick 1932
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. altijugatus
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Globisinum sp. Marwick 1924
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873
see common names

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: 15.98 - 11.63 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 5375
Database number:45177
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-10-09 11:42:12 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-09 11:42:12
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]