Mouldy's Farm, Pukekohe - Drury (Otahuhu Formation): Early/Lower Pliocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Zethalia coronata
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Taxonia cf. tesserata
Marwick 1948
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Gastropoda
- Janthinidae
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Heligmope postulatus
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= Hartungia typica
Bronn 1861
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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= Polinices (Polinices) sp.
Montfort 1810
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
| Accurate subgeneric placement | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Zelandiella cf. pliocenica
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= Austrofusus (Austrofusus) cf. pliocenica
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Baryspira sp.
Fischer 1883
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= Amalda (Baryspira) sp.
Fischer 1883
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Manaia) manaiaensis
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= Glycymerita (Manaia) manaiaensis
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia (? Austrodosinia) sp.
(Dall 1902)
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Tawera sp.
Marwick 1927
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mesodesmatidae
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Amphidesma (Paphies) aff. australe
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= Paphies aff. australe
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula sp.
Gray 1837
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Auckland | County: | Drury |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° South, 174.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° South, 175.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Otahuhu | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Possibly correlated with Kaawa Formation (regional early Pliocene strata). Opoitian-Waipipian in age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: No lithologic data presented. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: Very shallow water, shore face, possibly sheltered. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast |
| 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 Firth. Collections most likely reposited at GNS (NZ Geol. Surv.), Lower Hutt. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Taxonomy vetted by A. Hendy (10/2004). | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GS 3611 | ||
| Database number: | 45256 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-15 10:20:09 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2005-10-15 10:20:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11772. | J. Marwick. 1948. Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 16 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |