N141/f764 - Te Aute (Southland Series): Middle Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Coelenterata indet.
Hatschek 1888
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Listed as "corals" | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Liothyrella sp.
Thomson 1916
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Listed as "polyzoa" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia perscrupulosa
Marwick 1932
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus cf. altijugatus
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Globisinum sp.
Marwick 1924
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium solidum
Hutton 1873
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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] |