Tinui-Awatoitoi [Maringi Fm]: Motuan, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Solemyida
- Solemyidae
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Solemya sp.
Children 1823
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Aucellina cf. euglypha
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Propeamussiidae
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Parvamussium sp.
(Sacco 1897)
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Inoceramus aff. kapuus
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Inoceramus ipuanus
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Dimitobelidae
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Dimitobelus aff. superstes
(Hector 1886)
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Cimomia zelandica
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Anagaudryceras woodsi
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Wellmanites sp.
Wright 1957
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Wellmanites zealandicus
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Puzosia (Puzosia) bushgrovensis
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lytoceratidae
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Ammonoceratites sp.
Bowditch 1822
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phyllopachyceras sp.
Spath 1925
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Globigerinidae
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Hedbergella planispira
(Tappan 1940)
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Araucarites sp.
Presl 1833
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 40.9° South, 177.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 75.0° South, 167.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4-5 |
| Key time interval: | Motuan |
| Age range of interval: | 103.30000 - 99.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mangapurupuru | Formation: | Maringi | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Maringi Fm, which unconformably overlies Torlesse greywacke, and is overlain by the Springhill Fm (Cenomanian). AGE: Motuan (=Albian), and probably extending down to the Urutawan, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. Here placed in Motuan = Albian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite for entire formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Grey siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic paleoenvironment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IGNS |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and cephalopoda, and other invertebrate groups (gastropoda, echinoidea, bryozoa, annelida listed). NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and generally lacking species-level designations. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 83438 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-20 13:23:41 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-20 13:23:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28008. | M. R. Johnston. 1980. Geology of the Tinui-Awatoitoi District. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 94:1-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |