E45/f9441 - Otapiri Gorge, Southland: Aalenian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Fleming 1965
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. (Meek 1865)
Marwick 1953
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
? Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Fleming 1965
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Camptochlamys) wunschae Marwick 1953
Marwick 1953
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis mackayi
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Fleming 1965
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Herangirhynchia herangiensis MacFarlan 1992
MacFarlan 1992
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Fleming 1965
    = Sakawairhynchia bartrumi Marwick 1953
MacFarlan 1992
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Aucklandirhynchia sexagesimae MacFarlan 1992
MacFarlan 1992
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchiinae indet. Ager 1965
MacFarlan 1992
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Fleming 1965
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 46.1° South, 168.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:77.6° South, 45.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Aalenian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Aalenian
Age range of interval:174.70000 - 170.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Lower Temaikan = Aalenian.
Lithology and environment
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology of lithification, not stated in text. 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: COLLECTOR: A. McKay, 1878. 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 (Trigoniacea). NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and use of subgeneric and species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by G.R. Stevens and C.A. Fleming.
Metadata
Also known as:GS338 S169/441
Database number:63775
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-20 15:56:02 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-20 15:56:02
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]
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]
18330 J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]