S118/f520: Bartonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Spirocolpus cf. waihaoensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Magnatica sp. (Marwick 1924)
    = Magnatica (Spelaenacca) sp. Finlay 1930
Beu et al. 1990
Subgenus reassignment assumed
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Waihaoia confusa
spelled with current rank as Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Monalaria concinna
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea cf. mackayi
    = Pycnodonte cf. mackayi
Beu et al. 1990
Genus reassignment
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hedecardium sp. Marwick 1944
    = Hedecardium (Hedecardium) sp. Marwick 1944
Beu et al. 1990
Subgenus reassignment assumed
? Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
Beu et al. 1990
Genus assignment not valid
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama cf. vaga
    = Marama (Hina) cf. vaga
Beu et al. 1990
Subgenus reassigned
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
    = Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
Beu et al. 1990
Unknown subgenus assignment
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
? Spisula sp. Gray 1837
    = Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809
Beu et al. 1990
Genus assignment not valid
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Canterbury
Coordinates: 44.5° South, 170.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.0° South, 167.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Otaio Limonitic Greensand
Local section:Otaio Gorge
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 60 ft thick. Bortonian local stage = latest Lutetian-Bortonian stage (Cooper et al., 2004). Faunal list derived from multiple concretions within bed.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Concretionary micacaeous sandstone. Concretions both scattered and in bands.
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collected by Gair, Collins and Marwick (1950). Collections likely to be reposited in IGNS (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections, Lower Hutt, New Zealaand
Taxonomic list comments:Identifications are those of Marwick (1960). Nomenclature revised by A. Hendy (2005)
Metadata
Also known as:GS 5304
Database number:50149
Authorizer:A. Hendy, A. Miller Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-09 09:53:13 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-09 09:53:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13479. J. Marwick. 1960. Early Tertiary Mollusca from Otaio Gorge, South Canterbury. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 33 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

11706 A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, and R.C. Brazier. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]