Haumuri Bluff (S56/32): Campanian, New Zealand
collected by A. McKay 1873
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DM R 1526 (thoracic region of a juvenile elasmosaur) = (specimen 1b Hector, 1874) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | South Island |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° South, 173.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.5° South, 147.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Eyre | Formation: | Conway | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: New Zealand Stage nomenclature (Warren, 1995) places the Conway Siltstone at Haumuri Bluff in the lower Haumurian. Correlation with global Upper Cretaceous stages places the Haumuri Bluff section in the lower to middle Campanian; these correlations and age assessments are based on the indexing provided by dinoflagellates, inoceramids, and foraminiferans (Roncaglia and Schioler, 1997). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,bioturbation,gray poorly lithified sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | foreshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. McKay | Collection dates: | 1873 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 232398 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | F. Aspromonte | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-11-15 14:41:43 | Last modified: | 2023-11-15 14:41:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-11-15 14:41:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35643. | ETE | S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |