GS #2906 - Kakahu River, Canterbury: Bartonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Mauia angustata
Mauia biconica
Mauia maoriana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Spirocolpus waihaoensis
Zeacolpus informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Magnatica cf. fons
Natica (Carinacca) allani
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Fascioplex liraecostata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Notoplejona neopinata
Waihaoia confusa
spelled with current rank as Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Monalaria concinna
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea waihaoensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerita) subglobosa
original and current combination Glycymerita
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia informal n. sp.
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea cf. worthingtoni (Hutton 1873)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites australis
synonym of Crassatella
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia hectori Tenison-Woods 1880
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand County:Geraldine
Coordinates: 44.2° South, 171.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.7° South, 167.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waihao
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Greensands above coal measures. No lithostratigraphic data stated in text. Could be from the Kokoamu Greensand (Duntroonian), which is considerably younger than the Bortonian stated in text. Estimated to be derived from Waihao Fm based on correlation figure of King et al. (1994). Bortonian age=latest Lutetian-Bartonian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Greensand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, presumed.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data provided in text. Shallow-marine (inner shelf) siliciclastic environment [Hendy].
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 Marshall (1928). REPOSITORY: Collection probably reposited in New Zealand Geological Survey (IGNS) collections, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda , bivalvia, and scaphopoda. Coral also listed. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated and from standard publication, though identified to species and subgeneric resolution. IDENTIFICATION: Identified by J. Marwick.
Metadata
Also known as:Collection #3037 (Hendy PhD)
Database number:67588
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-27 00:41:45 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:group members Released:2007-11-27 00:41:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14008. H. W. Wellman. 1953. The Geology of the Geraldine Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin 50 [A. Miller/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]