O32/f9027 [Okarahia Sandstone]: Piripauan, New Zealand
collected by McKay 1876
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Dreissensia cf. lanceolata
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Ammonoidea indet.
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Rotularia ornata
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Dimitobelidae
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Dimitobelus lindasyi
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Gaudryceras sp.
de Grossouvre 1894
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis
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original and current combination Jupiteria | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista (Tikia) wilckensi
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea clausa
(Wilckens 1910)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Anthonya elongata
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Pacitrigonia aff. hanetiana
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium aff. membranaceum
(Nilsson 1827)
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recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limatula woodsi
Suter 1921
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Mixtipecten amuriensis
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spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten) | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus australis
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Inoceramus pacificus
Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Cullastris) zealandica
Woods 1917
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recombined as Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Tudiclidae
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? Tudiclana alta
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Procancellaria parkiana
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria (Chelotia) woodsi n. sp.
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Pleurotomaria (Pleurotomaria) maoriensis
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium morganianum
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 42.6° South, 173.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 64.7° South, 144.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Formation: | Okarahia Sandstone | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Okarahia Sandstone, which unconformably overlies Torlesse Supergroup, and is conformably overlain by the Tarapuhi Grit. AGE: Piripauan (=Coniacian-Santonian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed of unknown position within formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Marine deposition under moderate energy conditions, probably not far from shore and at medium to shallow depths. |
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 | ||
Collectors: | McKay | Collection dates: | 1876 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. McKay, 1876. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand). | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, cephalopoda, and other invertebrate and vertebrate groups. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Also known as: | S56/f27 | ||
Database number: | 83524 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-08-21 11:20:02 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-21 11:20:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
28015. | G. Warren and I. Speden. 1977. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff District, South Marlborough. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |