Waihere Bay, Pitt Island (CH/f0775): Late Cenomanian, New Zealand
collected 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| GNS AR2512 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Buprestidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| GNS AR2511 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° South, 176.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 77.5° South, 75.5° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tupuangi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: New Zealand Chronostratigraphy: Ngaterian Stage; late Cenomanian, Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus Assemblage Zone of New Zealand | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified carbonaceous siltstone |
| Lithology description: Interbedded, medium- to fine-grained sandstone and carbonaceous siltstone facies, which host abundant plant matter. The arthropods in this paper were preserved in association with abundant fossil leaf litter. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: These sediments were deposited in a fluvial–deltaic setting with intermittent stratified water bodies, such as swamps and oxbow lakes. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IGNS | Collection dates: | 2012 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182480 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2016-10-31 19:00:47 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-31 19:00:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60684. | J. D. Stilwell, J. J. Vitacca, and C. Mays. 2016. South polar greenhouse insects (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Tupuangi Formation, Chatham Islands, eastern Zealandia. Alcheringa 40:502-508 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |