S56/f542, Haumuri Bluff, Conway Siltstone: Haumurian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
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Linguloidea indet.
Menke 1828
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Gunnarites zelandicus
(Marshall 1917)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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? Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis
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| original and current combination Jupiteria | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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? Panopea clausa
(Wilckens 1910)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Mixtipecten amuriensis
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| spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Neritopsidae
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? Protodolium speighti
(Trechmann 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Perissoptera waiparaensis
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° South, 173.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.7° South, 149.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7-8 | ||
| Key time interval: | Haumurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mata | Formation: | Conway Siltstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Lithology description: grey massive moderately soft siltstone, with scattered large hard subspherical calcareous concretions, intensely burrowed, jarosite and gypsum common | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: low energy, probably deeper water | |
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: | 78379 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-05 05:50:59 | Last modified: | 2008-02-05 07:50:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-05 05:50:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26377. | 1% 13440 | G. 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] |