N88/f495 - Koranga Sandstone, Maccoyella Ridge: Late Aptian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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unclassified
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Annelida indet.
Lamarck 1809
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Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Rotularia sp.
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp.
(Bellardi 1875)
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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? Iotrigonia sp.
Van Hoepen 1929
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Trigonia aff. tenuis
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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? Protocardia sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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Pleuromya sp.
(Meek 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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? Martesia sp.
Sowerby 1824
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon sp.
Meek and Hayden 1860
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Listed as "Pteria (s.l.) sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea informal n. sp. A
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Acesta sp.
Adams and Adams 1858
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Listed as "Lima (s.l.) sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Aucellina cf. radiatostriata
(Bonarelli and Nagera 1921)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Maccoyella sp.
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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? Neithea sp.
Drouet 1824
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Dimitobelidae
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Dimitobelus sp.
Whitehouse 1925
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 177.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 80.3° South, 177.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 119.5 - 113 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Koranga Sandstone | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Koranga Sandstone of the Taitai Series, overlies Torelsse supergroup along Maccoyella Ridge and is unconformably overlain by the the Te Wera Sandstone. THICKNESS: From bed within formation that varies in thickness between 116 (at this area) and 76 m (locally). AGE: Korangan of Wellman (1956) = Upper Aptian based on presence in unit of Aucellina radiatostriata and Maccoyella reflecta (Day 1969, Day and Speden 1970). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From c. 40-100 ft above base of section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly lithified siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Hard, non-calcareous pebbly siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Accumulated in shallow-water, high-energy environment. |
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: I.G. Speden. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand). | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, and other invertebrate groups (cephalopoda, gastropoda, echinoidea, bryozoa, annelida listed). NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and generally lacking species-level designations. Identified by specialist (Speden), and lack of species names reflects poor preservation and insufficient existing taxonomic knowledge. |
Metadata
Also known as: | GS3154 | ||
Database number: | 65634 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-23 16:00:49 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-23 16:00:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18879. | I.G. Speden. 1975. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Raukumara Peninsula. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 91 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |