KE/f63, Napier Island: Calabrian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Gardineroseris planulata (Dana 1846)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
original and current combination Astrea curta
Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards and Haime 1857)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskal 1775)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Scolymia australis (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona minuta Wells 1954
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Coscinaraea columna (Dana 1846)
original and current combination Psammocora columna
Anthozoa - Alcyonacea
Alcyonacea indet. Lamouroux 1816
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus raoulensis Oliver 1915
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Thecidellina maxilla (Hedley 1899)
(17 measurements)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina sp. Gray 1848
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae informal indet. A Rafinesque 1835
Serpulidae informal indet. B Rafinesque 1835
? Spirobranchus sp. Blainville 1818
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Kermadec Islands
Coordinates: 29.2° South, 177.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° South, 177.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Calabrian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Calabrian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Herald Formation:Boat Cove
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:volcaniclastic sandstone
Lithology description: volcaniclastic gravelly sandstone and boulder conglomerate lens; transported corals
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85087
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-26 05:00:48 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-11-26 05:00:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28585. F. J. Brook. 1998. Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pleistocene submarine volcanic-sedimentary sequences at the northern Kermadec Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(2):235-257 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

49023 D. E. Lee and J. H. Robinson. 2003. Kakanuiella (gen. nov.) and Thecidellina: Cenozoic and Recent thecideide brachiopods from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):341-361 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/P. Wagner]