S180/f506: Danian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Laevidentalium multistricta
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= Antalis multistricta
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Genus reassignment | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea microlirata
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Pteromyrtea obesa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia (Dosinobia) ongleyi
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Spineilo elongata
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus) semiconcavus
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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? Proficus obtusa
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= Proficus obtusa
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Priscoficus | ||||||||||
Confirmation of genus nomenclature | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Southland |
Coordinates: | 46.3° South, 168.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.5° South, 162.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Danian | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wangaloa | ||||
Local section: | Gold Creek | ||||
Regional section: | Kaitanagata | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Waipawan local stage = basal Ypresian. More recent literature (Stilwell, 1993; Cooper et al., 2004) suggests a Early Teurian stage = Danian age. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous,pebbly conglomerate | ||
Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: Marine, ferruginous quartz pebble conglomerate and sandstone. | |||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | back-arc basin |
Geology comments: Paleoenvironmental data not reported. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
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 Finlay and Marwick. Collections are likely to be reposited in IGNZ (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Identified by J. Marwick. Nomenclature revised by A, Hendy (2005) - PhD thesis |
Metadata
Also known as: | GS 5561 | ||
Database number: | 50176 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-05-09 21:30:24 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-09 21:30:24 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13486. | H. J. Harrington. 1958. Geology of Kaitangata Coalfield. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 59 [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] |