GS 522, Motutara Bluff, Puti Point, Kawhia (R15/f8014): Middle Tithonian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Perisphinctidae
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Aulacosphinctoides sisyphi
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Oppeliidae
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Uhligites sp.
Kilian 1913
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Mesohibolitidae
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Hibolithes marwicki
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| Subspecies: H. marwicki marwicki | ||||||||||
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Hibolithes mangaoraensis
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Hibolithes arkelli
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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Nerinaeidae indet.
(Zittel 1873)
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Nerineidae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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? Palaeoneilo sp.
Hall and Whitfield 1869
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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? Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Malayomaorica malayomaorica
(Krumbeck 1923)
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Indogrammatodon sp.
Cox 1937
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) | ||||||||||
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Lingulata
- Discinida
- Disciniidae
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Discina sp. n. sp.
Lamarck
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratula sp.
Müller 1776
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Fleming 1965 | |||||||||
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= Terebratulina putiensis n. sp.
MacFarlan 2016
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MacFarlan 2016 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° South, 174.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 85.3° South, 53.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Puaroan (Mangaoran substage — Middle Tithonian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Calcareous claystones, concretionary. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IGNS |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: A. McKay (1876 and 1884), Suter (1905). REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Limited, however exhaustive, to taxonomic group covered in monograph (Belemnitida). NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by G.R. Stevens and C.A. Fleming. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63755 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-19 23:16:34 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-19 23:16:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18323. | G. R. Stevens. 1965. The Jurassic and Cretaceous Belemnites of New Zealand and a Review of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Belemnites of the Indo-Pacific Region. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 36 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 18336 | C. A. Fleming. 1965. Unpublished identifications, New Zealand Geological Survey. Unpublished identifications in GS reports (presumably around 1965). [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 60902 | D. A. B. MacFarlan. 2016. Middle and Late Jurassic terebratulides from New Zealand. Palaeoworld 25:467-495 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |