O32/f9542 [Conway Siltstone]: Piripauan, New Zealand
collected by Simes et al 1969
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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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Mixtipecten amuriensis
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| spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten) | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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? Panopea clausa
(Wilckens 1910)
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Perissoptera waiparaensis
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Neritopsidae
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? Protodolium speighti
(Trechmann 1917)
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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| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |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: | Conway Siltstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Conway Siltstone, which conformably overlies Tarapuhi Grit, and is conformably overlain by the Claverley Sandstone. AGE: Piripauan-Haumurian (=Coniacian-early Campanian), on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Loose boulders on beach. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siltstone. 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 (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IGNS | ||
| Collectors: | Simes et al | Collection dates: | 1969 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: J.E. Simes, I.G. Speden, G. 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: | S56/f542; GS10393 | ||
| Database number: | 83536 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-21 11:54:52 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-21 11:54:52 |
| 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] |