O32/f9032 [Conway Siltstone]: Piripauan, New Zealand
collected by McKay 1873

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium morganianum
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Dimitobelidae
Dimitobelus hectori Stevens 1965
recombined as Dimitobelus (Dimitocamax) hectori
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Jupiteria) amuriensis
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium aff. membranaceum (Nilsson 1827)
recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula woodsi Suter 1921
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mixtipecten amuriensis
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus ? matotorus
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
? Panopea clausa (Wilckens 1910)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
? Eximiothracia haasti
synonym of Thracia
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina canterburiensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
? Thyasira sp. Lamarck 1818
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Oistotrigonia waiparensis (Woods 1900)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Perissoptera waiparaensis
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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: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:McKay Collection dates:1873
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. McKay, 1873. 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/f32; GS10
Database number:83538
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-08-21 11:58:40 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-21 11:58:40
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]