Baton River, loc: 128: Pragian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chlorophyceae
- Receptaculitidae
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Receptaculites australis
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Pleurodictyum cf. selcanum
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Pleurodictyum megastomum
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Cucullellidae
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Nuculites sp.
Conrad 1841
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Cypricardiniidae
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Cypricardinia sp.
Hall 1860
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pterinea sp.
Goldfuss 1832
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Actinopteria sp.
Hall 1884
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Strophodonta stephani
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Pholidostrophia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes informal indet. sp. 1
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Chonetes informal indet. sp. 2
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Brachyprion sp.
Shaler 1865
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Leptostrophia explanata
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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Douvillina sp.
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Orthotetidae
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Hipparionyx minor
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| original and current combination Hipparionix | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Subrianidae
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Conchidium sp.
Oehlert 1887
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Cyrtinidae
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Cyrtina heteroclita
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Fascicostella gervillei
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria allani
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Schizophoria provulvaria
(Mauer 1886)
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| recombined as Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria) provulvaria | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer (Hysterolithes) cf. subspeciosus
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Eospirifer togatus
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Eospirifer secans
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Hysterolitidae
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Spirifer (Acrospirifer) arduennensis
Schnur 1853
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| recombined as Arduspirifer arduennensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtinopsidae
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Cyrtinopsis perlamellosus
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Nucleospiridae
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Nucleospira cf. marginata
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Centronellidae
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Centronella sp.
Billings 1859
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia daleidensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Eatoniidae
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Eatonia bithynica
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Hederellidae
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Hederella sp.
Hall 1883
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Semicosciniidae
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Semicoscinium sp.
Prout 1859
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Isotrypa sp.
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Fenestrellina cf. exilis
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Polypora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Heterotrypidae
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Leioclema sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Styginidae
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Goldius sp.
deKoninck 1841
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Calymene angustior
Chapman 1915
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Homalonotidae
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Homalonotus sp.
König 1825
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unclassified
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Trigeria sp.
Bayle 1878
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° South, 174.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.2° South, 175.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| Stage: | Pragian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Pragian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baton River | Member: | 3 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation lithified sandy mudstone |
| Lithology description: Sandy mudstone with irregular sand layers and bioturbation, but rare fossils | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
| Geology comments: Listed as Deep midshelf. Lithology from Bradshaw (1988); age from Strusz (1972) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Size sorting: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Bradshaw (1988: 780) notes this collection primarily from member 3 | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Estimates 688 individual specimens | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77223 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | P. Hearn |
| Modifier: | P. Hearn | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-02 10:09:53 | Last modified: | 2008-01-02 12:20:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-02 10:09:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26140. | J. Shirley. 1938. The fauna of the Baton River Beds (Devonian), New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:459-506 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn] |