Rangitikei River, Waiomio Shellbed: Middle Pleistocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Fellaster zelandiae
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Perna canaliculus
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymerula) modesta
(Angas 1879)
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Tucetona laticostata
Quoy 1835
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Tiostrea chilensis
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| synonym of Ostrea | ||||||||||
| subsp. lutaria | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina pectinata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Pinna pectinata | ||||||||||
| subsp. zelandica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys gemmulata
Reeve 1853
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| recombined as Talochlamys gemmulata | ||||||||||
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Pecten aff. novaezelandiae
Reeve 1853
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Purpurocardia purpurata
(Deshayes 1854)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula zelandica
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| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea (Anchomasa) similis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macomona liliana
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Rexithaerus spenceri
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| spelled with current rank as Macoma (Rexithaerus) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Felaniella (Zemysia) zelandica
(Gray 1835)
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| recombined as Diplodonta zelandica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Austrovenus stutchburyi
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Dosinia (Phacosoma) subrosea
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Dosinia (Austrodosinia) anus
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Ruditapes largillierti
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Tawera aff. spissa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra discors
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Maorimactra ordinaria
(Smith 1885)
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Cyclomactra tristis
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| spelled with current rank as Mactra (Cyclomactra) | ||||||||||
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Spisula (Crassula) aequilatera
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mesodesmatidae
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Paphies subtriangulata
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Paphies australis
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus (Coelotrochus) tiaratus
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Diloma subrostrata
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Zethalia zelandica
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tenuiactaeon ambiguus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringiculidae indet.
Philippi 1853
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Cirsotrema zelebori
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Zeacumantus ? lutulentus
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Maoricolpus cf. roseus
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Zeacolpus sp.
Finlay 1926
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? Stiracolpus sp.
Finlay 1926
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| spelled with current rank as Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Tanea zelandica
(Quoy and Gaimard 1832)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Aeneator sp.
Finlay 1926
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Austrofusus glans
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Cominella (Josepha) glandiformis
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Buccinulum ? pallidum
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Buccinulum vittatum
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Penion sp.
Fischer 1884
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Amalda ? olsoni
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Amalda (Baryspira) aff. australis
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Amalda (Gracilispira) novaezelandiae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Alcithoe cf. arabica
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Poirieria zelandica
(Quoy and Gaimard 1834)
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| recombined as Poirieria zelandicus | ||||||||||
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Xymene expansus
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Paratrophon quoyi
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| subsp. cheesemani | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Struthiolariidae
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Struthiolaria papulosa
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Struthiolaria aff. frazeri
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula cf. radiata
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Sigapatella novaezelandiae
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Zegalerus tenuis
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Wellington |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° South, 175.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° South, 175.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Waiomio | Member: | Waiomio Shellbed | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: basal OIS 15, ~ 550-600 ka | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: cross bedded pebble-shell conglomerate with whole and broken shells and coarse shell-grit in a coarse sand matrix, 4 m thick | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: mixed shellbed fauna (lagoonal-estuarine, rocky shore, open sandy coast-shoreface), deposited in a high-energy bedload environment, probably as a longshore bar or spit, deposited during a rising sea-level after a glacial lowstand | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94818 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-26 06:25:47 | Last modified: | 2010-03-26 08:25:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-03-26 06:25:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32339. | S. T. Abbott. 1992. The Mid Pleistocene Waiomio Shellbed (Castlecliffian, ca. 550-600 ky), Wanganui Basin, New Zealand. Alcheringa 16:171-180 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |