S56/f529, Haumuri Bluff, Okarahia Sandstone: Piripauan, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dreissensia cf. lanceolata
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia ornata
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium morganianum
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
Dimitobelus lindsayi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Pseudoxybeloceras bistriatum
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium aff. membranaceum (Nilsson 1827)
recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula woodsi Suter 1921
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes selwynensis
Mixtipecten amuriensis
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus pacificus Anderson and Hanna 1935
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica (Woods 1917)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
? Barbatia mackayi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerita) selwynensis
original and current combination Glycymerita
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Acanthocardia aff. acuticostata
    = Cardium (Bucardium) lillei Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978
Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lahillidae
Lahillia (Lahilleona) aff. neozelanica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
? Erycina sp. Lamarck 1805
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Tikia) wilckensi
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea clausa (Wilckens 1910)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
? Eximiothracia haasti
synonym of Thracia
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
? Thyasira sp. Lamarck 1818
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Anthonya elongata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla meridiana
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Oistotrigonia sp. (Cox 1952)
original and current combination Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia)
Pacitrigonia aff. hanetiana (d'Orbigny 1842)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
? Cylichna thomsoniana
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
? Scalaria pacifica
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Procancellaria parkiana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Eriptycha punamutica
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 42.6° South, 173.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.7° South, 144.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Piripauan
Age range of interval:86.10000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mata Formation:Okarahia Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of the formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: yellow-grey soft sandstone with two lensoid bands of grey very hard richly fossiliferous calcareous sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:78369
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-05 02:02:42 Last modified:2008-02-05 04:02:42
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-05 02:02:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26377.1% 13440G. Warren and I. Speden. 1978. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff district, South Marlborough (S56). New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

54663 S. Freneix and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1978. New Upper Cretaceous Cardiidae (Bivalvia) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 21(4):505-515 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]