S180/f511: Danian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Laevidentalium multistricta
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= Antalis multistricta
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudofax ordinarius
(Marshall 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Priscaphander cingulatus
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Spineilo elongata
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Nuculana taioma
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= Ledina taioma
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Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Marwickia sp.
Finlay 1927
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Pteromyrtea obesa
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Southland |
| Coordinates: | 46.2° South, 170.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.6° South, 160.5° 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: | Shagree 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 4930 | ||
| Database number: | 50211 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-10 15:48:29 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-10 15:48:29 |
| 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] |