GS 3804 - Kauru Fm, Dunrobin Road: Selandian - Thanetian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Nystiellidae
aff. Proscala informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso putata
? Mucronalia sp. Adams 1860
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Spirocolpus aff. carsoni Finlay and Marwick 1937
Zeacolpus aff. matauensis
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor aff. fraudator
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Globisinum aff. spirale
Polinella informal n. sp.
spelled with current rank as Polinices (Polinella)
Magnatica aff. firma
Pristinacca cf. seniscula
spelled with current rank as Taniella (Pristinacca)
Friginatica sp. Hedley 1916
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Priscoficus informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
aff. Ellicea sp. Finlay 1928
spelled with current rank as Austrofusus (Ellicea)
Pseudofax informal sp. A Finlay and Marwick 1937
Listed as "P. sp. A aff ordinarius"
Pseudofax informal sp. B Finlay and Marwick 1937
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
Heteroterma zelandica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Tholitoma cf. dolorosa Finlay and Marwick 1931
Eoturris aff. multicinctus
synonym of Eopleurotoma
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria aff. minor
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon cf. semispiralis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Superstes aff. innominandus
Priscaphander informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp. (Bellardi 1875)
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope cf. worthingtoni
corrected as Panopea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia cf. ongleyi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Maorimactra sp. Finlay 1928
spelled with current rank as Mactra (Maorimactra)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium (Pratulum) informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Pteromyrtea informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937
recombined as Purpurocardia fyfei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerita) cf. concava Marshall 1917
recombined as Glycymerita concava
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 44.8° South, 170.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.0° South, 162.2° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fuchsia Formation:Kauru
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Kauru Fm, either locally overlying Kakanui Metamorphic Group (Paleozoic) or Papakaio Fm (Piripauan), and overlain locally by Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone (Bortonian). AGE: upper part of Wangaloan of Gage (1957) (disused according to Cooper et al. 2004) = ?late Teurian (current NZ stage usage) = Selandian-Thanetian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumably lithified, based on age and locally concretionary facies.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited with gentle currents within depths out of reach of strong wave action.
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
Museum repositories:IGNS
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and brachiopoda. IDENTIFIER: J.A. Marwick (NZGS). NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated but identified by specialist and often to subgeneric and species resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:S136/f675; Coll# 3002 (Hendy PhD)
Database number:64699
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-12 18:59:44 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:group members Released:2007-09-12 18:59:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18671. M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

18682 A.J.W. Hendy. 2006. The Neogene evolutionary history of New Zealand Mollusca: diversity trends, paleobiogeography, and evolutionary paleoecology. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]