O32/f8025 [Okarahia Sandstone]: Piripauan, New Zealand
collected by McKay 1873

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dreissensia cf. lanceolata
Ammonoidea indet.
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia ornata
Lingulata - Lingulida
Linguloidea indet. Menke 1828
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium morganianum
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
Dimitobelus lindasyi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Gaudryceras sp. de Grossouvre 1894
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cf. dichotoma
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
? Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886
Camptonectes selwynensis
Mixtipecten amuriensis
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus australis
Inoceramus ? matotorus
Inoceramus pacificus n. sp. Anderson and Hanna 1935
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Cullastris) zealandica n. sp. Woods 1917
recombined as Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nordenskjoldia hectori
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia mackayi n. sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerita) selwynensis
original and current combination Glycymerita
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. flagellifer
Modiolus cf. typicus (Forbes 1846)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Acanthocardia aff. acuticostata
    = Cardium (Bucardium) lillei Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978
Freneix and Grant-Mackie 1978
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Zenatia cretacea n. sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Tikia) wilckensi
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea clausa (Wilckens 1910)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina canterburiensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Anthonya elongata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla meridiana n. sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Pterotrigonia pseudocaudata n. sp. (Hector 1886)
original and current combination Trigonia pseudocaudata
Oistotrigonia sp. (Cox 1952)
original and current combination Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia)
Pacitrigonia hanetiana n. sp. (d'Orbigny 1842)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
? Tudiclana alta
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Procancellaria parkiana
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) maoriensis
Pleurotomaria (Chelotia) woodsi n. sp.
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:fine,medium lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium-fine andstone. LITHIFICATION: 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:1873
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:S55/f25; GS13
Database number:83525
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner Enterer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-08-21 11:21:57 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-21 11:21:57
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]

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]