New Zealand N165/520: Late Pliocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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| Beu et al. 1990 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Wairarapa | County: | Awhea |
| Coordinates: | 41.5° South, 175.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° South, 176.8° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Onoke | ||||
| Local section: | Hautotara Bridge | ||||
| Regional section: | Awhea Road | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Listed as "Pelicaria convexa zone (upper Nukumauan)" NZ stage. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: No lithologic data listed. | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | forearc basin |
| Geology comments: No geologic data listed. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: No collection details listed. Material reposited in IGNS collections (formerly NZ Geol. Surv. coll.'s). Collected by Victoria University graduate students and P. Vella (1948-1954). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Not an exhaustive taxonomic list of even the mollusca | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Wairarapa N165/520 | ||
| Database number: | 35698 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-01-04 21:19:11 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-01-04 21:19:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9626. | 1% 20480 | P. Vella. 1954. Tertiary Mollusca from South-East Wairarapa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(4):539-555 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 11706 | A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, and R.C. Brazier. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |