N141/f604 - Te Aute (Southland Series) (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 4963

Where: Hawke's Bay, New Zealand (39.8° S, 176.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° S, 179.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• From Waiauan stage (late middle Miocene).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; brown sandstone

• Probably shelfal, though possibly redeposited in deeper water.
• Brown sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collected by J.T. Kingma. Collection likely to be reposited at IGNS (Geological Survey of New Zealand).

Primary reference: J.T. Kingma. 1971. Geology of the Te Aute Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 70 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45183: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by A.U.E Scott (GSNZ). Of reliable quality, vetted by A. Hendy (2004)
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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium solidum
Dentalium solidum Hutton 1873 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Friginatica sp.
? Friginatica sp. Hedley 1916 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Zemacies sp.
Zemacies sp. Finlay 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus sp.
Austrofusus sp. Kobelt 1879 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Baryspira (Gracilispira) wairarapaensis" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira (Gracilispira) wairarapaensis" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alcithoe sp.
Alcithoe sp. Adams and Adams 1853 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Euspinacassis cf. toreuma" = Echinophoria
"Euspinacassis cf. toreuma" = Echinophoria snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp.
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Serripecten hutchinsoni, Mesopeplum sp.
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873 scallop
Mesopeplum sp. Iredale 1929 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea cf. australis
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis lawsi
Limopsis lawsi King 1933 clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria cf. trailli
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellinella aff. eugonia" = Tellina (Tellinella)
"Tellinella aff. eugonia" = Tellina (Tellinella) tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Purpurocardia sp.
Purpurocardia sp. Maxwell 1969 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
Notosaria sp.
Notosaria sp. Cooper 1959
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina sp.
Terebratulina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
"Terebratella aff. sanguinea" = Magasella sanguinea
"Terebratella aff. sanguinea" = Magasella sanguinea Leach 1814
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp.
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Maoritellina
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"Maoritellina" fragosa