Also known as GS945, GS3879, GS5671
Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 178.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rifle Butts Formation (Kaierero Group), Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rifle Butts Fm, which gradationally overlies the Gee Greensand of the Kaierero Group, and is overlain by the Kurow Group. AGE: Hutchisonian-Awamoan in text of Gage (1957); late Altonian = Burdigalian-earliest Langhian; hereby assigned to the Altonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, gray, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by Park (1915-1916). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67899: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polyplacophora | |
Lepidopleurus inquinatus chiton | |
Bivalvia | |
Pleuromeris prolutea Marwick 1929 clam | |
Spissatella trailli Hutton 1873 clam | |
"Notocorbula pumila" = Corbula (Notocorbula), Notocorbula humerosa
"Notocorbula pumila" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam | |
Kuia vellicata venus clam
Dosinia (Raina) bensoni Marwick 1927 venus clam | |
Hedecardium cf. greyi Hutton 1873 cockle | |
"Panope cf. orbita" = Panopea
"Panope cf. orbita" = Panopea clam | |
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop | |
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873 jingle
Placunanomia incisura scallop | |
Nucula sagittata nut clam
Nucula aff. sagittata nut clam | |
"Ovaleda ardgowanica" = Sarepta
"Ovaleda ardgowanica" = Sarepta clam | |
Neilo awamoana clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Syrnola sculptilis snail | |
"Venustas suteri" = Calliostoma, "Fautor marwicki" = Calliostoma (Fautor), "Fautor temporemutatus" = Calliostoma (Fautor)
"Fautor marwicki" = Calliostoma (Fautor) top snail
"Fautor temporemutatus" = Calliostoma (Fautor) top snail | |
"Austrofusus spiniferus" = Aethocola (Aethocola) spinifera
"Austrofusus spiniferus" = Aethocola (Aethocola) spinifera Finlay and McDowall 1923 snail | |
Buccinulum (Evarnula) crassatinum, "Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki
Buccinulum (Evarnula) crassatinum true whelk
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk | |
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima)
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima) snail | |
"Conospirus cf. huttoni" = Conilithes
"Conospirus cf. huttoni" = Conilithes cone shell | |
Mauidrillia unilirata snail
Mauidrillia angustata snail | |
Bathytoma haasti Hutton 1877 snail | |
Comitas fusiformis snail | |
Scrinium sp. Hedley 1922 snail | |
Proximitra rutidoloma, "Parvimitra ponsatanae" = Peculator (Parvimitra)
Proximitra rutidoloma snail
"Parvimitra ponsatanae" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail | |
Coluzea macrior snail | |
Murexsul proavitus, "Xymenella lepida" = Xymene
Murexsul proavitus murex snail
"Xymenella lepida" = Xymene murex snail | |
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella margin shell | |
Alcithoe separabilis, Alcithoe familiaris, Alcithoe armigera, Alcithoe (Leporemax) lepida, Metamelon patruelis, Metamelon reverta, Metamelon prominima, Metamelon informis, Spinomelon cf. enysi
Alcithoe separabilis volute
Alcithoe familiaris volute
Alcithoe armigera volute
Alcithoe (Leporemax) lepida volute
Metamelon patruelis volute
Metamelon reverta volute
Metamelon prominima volute
Metamelon informis volute
Spinomelon cf. enysi volute | |
Maorivetia brevirostris snail | |
"Euspinacassis emilyae" = Echinophoria, Galeodea apodemetes
"Euspinacassis emilyae" = Echinophoria snail
Galeodea apodemetes snail | |
Struthiolaria calcar snail
Struthiolaria subspinosa Marwick 1924 snail | |
Sinum infirmum moon snail
Tanea socia moon snail | |
Cirsotrema aff. lyratum wentletrap | |
Sigapatella inflata slipper shell | |
Zeacolpus "n. sp." Finlay 1926 turret shell
Maoricolpus cavershamensis turret shell | |
? Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Rhizorus reflexus snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium aff. marwicki, "Dentalium mantelli" = Fissidentalium mantelli
Dentalium aff. marwicki tusk shell
"Dentalium mantelli" = Fissidentalium mantelli Zittel 1865 tusk shell | |
Actinopteri | |
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli1
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"Trachinus mutabilis" = Atherina gidjakensis1
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