Locality R13/f6500, Waikato: Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ondontaster priscus
Purser 1961
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Purser 1961
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Purser 1961
Tainuirhynchia tainuii MacFarlan 1992
MacFarlan 1992
Locality AU703
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina indet. d'Orbigny 1847
Purser 1961
unclassified
Tubulostium sp. Stoliczka 1868
Purser 1961
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Purser 1961
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
Purser 1961
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Holcophylloceras sp. Spath 1927
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis annae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827
Purser 1961
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura sp.
Purser 1961
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826
Purser 1961
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cf. cuneiformis Sowerby 1840
Purser 1961
recombined as Nucula (Palaeonucula) cuneiformis
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Retroceramus galoi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes cf. lens (Sowerby 1818)
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea sp. Douglas and Arkell 1932
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. (Meek 1865)
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna kawhiana Marwick 1953
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon cf. egertonianus (Stoliczka 1865)
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Austrocardilanx gracilis Gardner 2005
Gardner 2005
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya milleformis Marwick 1953
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Moewakamya n. subgen.) hudsoni n. sp.
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Purser 1961
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Vaugonia kawhiana (Trechmann 1923)
recombined as Vaugonia (Vaugonia) kawhiana
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 37.4° South, 174.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:79.3° South, 58.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Moewaka
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Early Heterian. Material from the Moewaka quarry horizon in the lower part of Moewaka Formation, within the Murihiku Supergroup.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,gray lithified sandstone
Lithology description: fine-grained light grey sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Jurassic rocks of the Murihiku Supergroup represent estuarine and marine continental shelf sites of deposition.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Type specimens are held in the Geology Department, Univesity of Auckland.
Metadata
Database number:51934
Authorizer:M. Aberhan, M. Clapham, A. Hendy Enterer:S. Nurnberg, A. Hendy, M. Clapham
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-07-05 04:22:50 Last modified:2007-10-12 05:04:38
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-05 04:22:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13811. H. J. Campbell and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1995. Jurassic Pholadomyidae (Bivalvia) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 38:47-59 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

18326 R. Gardner. 2005. Middle-Late Jurassic bivalves of the superfamily Veneoridea from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48:325-376 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
43142 D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
18344 B.H. Purser. 1961. Geology of the Port Waikato Region (Onewhero Sheet N51). New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 69 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]