GS #3241 - Waratah Station, Canterbury: Late/Upper Oligocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pachymagus cf. huttoni
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella sp. (Lesson 1830)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor cf. awamoaensis
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Baryspira (Alocospira) informal n. sp.
spelled with current rank as Amalda (Baryspira)
Baryspira aff. robusta Marwick 1924
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Spinomelon parki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis aff. hebetatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Diplomitra aff. masefieldi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus cf. afflictus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea dentata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas cf. fusiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma cf. haasti Hutton 1877
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Friginatica vaughani
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo awamoana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella trailli (Hutton 1873)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinula uttleyi
synonym of Dosina
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aff. zealandica Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima paleata
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium informal n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand County:Geraldine
Coordinates: 44.3° South, 171.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.6° South, 174.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oligocene
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tokama Siltstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Tokama Siltstone? No lithostratigraphic data stated in text. AGE: Waitakian = Chattian-earliest Aquitanian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Moderately-soft siltstone with scattered fossils. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, assumed based on facies description (moderately soft).
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data provided in text. Offshore-marine (mid-outer shelf) siliciclastic environment [Hendy].
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
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 H.W. Wellman (1944). 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 #3044 (Hendy PhD)
Database number:67598
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-27 01:44:12 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:group members Released:2007-11-27 01:44:12
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]