N141/f586 - Te Aute (Southland Series): Middle Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia cf. perscrupulosa
Marwick 1932
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| recombined as Purpurocardia perscrupulosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Serripecten hutchinsoni
Hutton 1873
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aff. Hinnites sp.
Defrance 1821
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| Listed as "? n. gen. aff. Hinnites" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi
Laws 1939
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| recombined as Tucetona finlayi | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Liothyrella sp.
Thomson 1916
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Hawke's Bay | County: | Te Aute |
| Coordinates: | 39.9° South, 176.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° South, 179.7° 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: | Elsthorpe Valley Road | ||||
| Regional section: | Elsthorpe | ||||
| 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 4908 | ||
| Database number: | 45185 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-09 11:44:02 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-09 11:44:02 |
| 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] |