S102/f7 - Opihi River, Canterbury: Altonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris aff. huttoni
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea australis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis zitteli Ihering 1907
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864
Mesopeplum aff. burnetti
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia awamoaensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Bassina cf. speighti
Kuia sp. Marwick 1927
Eumarcia pareoraensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Pareora striolata (Hutton 1885)
Maoricolpus aff. cavershamensis
Tropicolpus albolapis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Taniella notocenica
Friginatica vaughani
Globisinum miocenicum
Polinices huttoni
Polinices (Polinella) bilobatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hima (Mirua) socialis (Hutton 1886)
original and current combination Nassa socialis
Verconella marwicki Finlay 1930
recombined as Penion marwicki
Zelandiella subnodosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Maorivetia brevirostris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Baryspira hebera
spelled with current rank as Amalda (Baryspira)
Baryspira cf. robusta Marwick 1924
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra pareoraensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Austrotoma minor
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas fusiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma haasti Hutton 1877
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Xymenella lepida
synonym of Xymene
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Zaclys aff. aequicincta
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Clavatoma informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Maoricrypta sp. Finlay 1926
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand County:Geraldine
Coordinates: 44.0° South, 170.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.1° South, 178.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Altonian
Age range of interval:18.70000 - 15.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mount Brown
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic data stated in text. Estimated to be from Mount Brown Formation based on correlation figure of King et al. (1994). AGE: Altonian age= Early Miocene; Awamoan (or Hutchinosnian) in text.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified silty,calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Moderately soft, moderately calcareous, silty fine sand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on facies description (moderately soft; with difficulty crushed by hand).
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 Marwick (1919). 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 #3048 (Hendy PhD); GS #2219
Database number:67822
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-12-12 13:03:12 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-12 13:03:12
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]