O32/f8849 [Tarapuhi Grit]: Piripauan, New Zealand
collected by Simes et al 1969

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia ornata
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
Dimitobelus ? hectori Stevens 1965
recombined as Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lapillicola
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium aff. membranaceum (Nilsson 1827)
recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus matotorus
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
? Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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:Tarapuhi Grit
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tarapuhi Grit, which conformably overlies Okarahia Sandstone, and is conformably overlain by the Conway Sandstone. AGE: Piripauan (=Coniacian-Santonian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed of unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very coarse lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gritty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description (FRED).
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Intertidal or directly subtidal environment along present day shorelines in moderate energy.
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:Simes et al Collection dates:1969
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Simes, Speden, and Warren, 1969. 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/f849; GS10399
Database number:83527
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-08-21 11:28:46 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-21 11:28:45
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]