Tunacore River, Tunacore Mudstone (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° S, 179.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tunacore Mudstone Member (Ihungia Formation), Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified mudstone

• medium to dark grey, calcareous, feldspathic sandy mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. M. Reid. 1998. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and tectonics of Lower Miocene rocks in the Waipatiki/Mangatuna area, southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 41:115-131 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77491: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet.
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp.
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lentipecten sp.
Lentipecten sp. Marwick 1928 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp.
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya neozelanica
 Cardiida -
"? Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"? Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo sp.
Neilo sp. Adams 1854 clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda sp., ? Amalda (Baryspira) sp.
Amalda sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
? Amalda (Baryspira) sp. Fischer 1883 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Neoguraleus (Fusiguraleus) major
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
? Bathytoma sp.
? Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet., Alcithoe (Leporemax) phymatias
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterotyphis sp.
Pterotyphis sp. Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Turehua cf. lividorupis
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet., Penion marwicki
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora flemingi
Xenophora flemingi carrier shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet.
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbininae indet.
Turbininae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnidae indet.
Cylichnidae indet. Adams 1850 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp.
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp., Fissidentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Waiparia sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
? Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) papakurensis
Foraminifera
  -
Lagenodosaria hirsuta
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Ehrenbergina marwicki, Cassidulina cuneata
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina affiliata, ? Bolivina lapsus, Bolivina punctostriata, Bolivina zedirecta, Bolivina sp.
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Buliminacea - Siphogenerinoididae
Rectuvigerina rerensis
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Trifarina bradyi, Uvigerina aff. canariensis, Uvigerina miozea, Uvigerina sp.
Trifarina bradyi Cushman 1923
Uvigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliina - Discorbinellidae
Laticarinina altocamerata
 Nodosariacea -
Nodosariacea indet.
Nodosariacea indet. Ehrenberg 1838
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Baggina ampla
 Rotaliina - Pleurostomellidae
Pleurostomella sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Hoeglundina elegans
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides aff. maculatus, Cibicides molestus, Cibicides novozelandicus, Cibicides perforatus, Cibicides temperata, Cibicides thiaracuta, Cibicides vortex
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides zelandicus
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalina sp., Anomalinoides parvumbilia, Anomalinoides aff. orbiculus, Anomalinoides sp.
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Anomalinoides sp. Brotzen 1942
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Zeaflorilus stachei, Notorotalia serrata, Notorotalia spinosa, Melonis maorica
Zeaflorilus stachei
listed as Zeaflorus
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella sp., ? Karreriella chilostoma, Karreriella cushmani
Martinottiella sp. Cushman 1933
 Textulariina - Pseudogaudryinidae
Clavulinoides instar, Migros aff. medwayenis
 Textulariacea - Valvulinidae
Eggerella ihungia
Eggerella ihungia Finlay 1940
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Globobulimina sp., Globobulimina aff. pacifica, Bulimina pupula, Bulimina senta, Fissurina aff. kerguelenensis
Globobulimina sp. Cushman 1927
  -
"? Marginulina duracina" = Cristellaria (Marginulina), ? Marginulina subbullata
"? Marginulina duracina" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp., Quinqueloculina sp., Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana, Sigmoilopsis compressa, Sigmoilopsis sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Sigmoilopsis sp. Reuss 1850
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia minutissima, Globorotalia praescitula, Globorotalia sp., Globorotalia zealandica
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina juvenilis, Globigerina sp., Globigerina bulloides, "Globigerina cf. ciperoensis" = Globigerina (Globigerina) ciperoensis, Catapsydrax sp., Globigerinoides trilobus, "Globigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi, "Globorotalia mayeri" = Paragloborotalia mayeri, Globoquadrina dehiscens, ? Sphaeroidinellopsis disjuncta
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
"Globigerina cf. ciperoensis" = Globigerina (Globigerina) ciperoensis Bolli 1954
Catapsydrax sp. Bolli et al. 1957
"Globigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi Jenkins 1960
"Globorotalia mayeri" = Paragloborotalia mayeri Cushman and Ellisor 1939
subsp. bella and semivera
Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp., Lagenoglandulina annulata, Planularia cf. halophora, Vaginulina sp., Dentalina substrigata, Astacolus compressus, Astacolus sp., Rectoglandulina sp.
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
Stilostomella aff. antillea, Stilostomella finlayi, Stilostomella pomuligera, Stilostomella sp.
 Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
Plectofrondicularia whaiangaroica
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
? Lingulina avellanoides
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
? Saracenaria arcuatula, Saracenaria obesa, Lenticulina aff. calcar, Lenticulina cultratus, Lenticulina foliata, Lenticulina gibba, Lenticulina gyroscalpra, Lenticulina cf. lenticulina, Lenticulina loculosa, Lenticulina lucida, Lenticulina mammilligera, Lenticulina pseudocalcarata, Lenticulina pseudocrassus, Lenticulina aff. pusilla, Lenticulina aff. tattoewatta, Lenticulina vortex
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haeuslerella decepta, Haeuslerella pukeuriensis, Siphotextularia kreuzbergi, ? Vulvulina jablonski, Vulvulina pennatula, Textularia awazea, Textularia miozea, Cyclammina sp., Cyclammina incisa, Dorothia biformis, Dorothia minima
Cyclammina sp. Brady 1876
Cyclammina incisa Stache 1864
  - Chilostomellidae
? Chilostomella czizecki, Chilostomella oviformis, Chilostomella ovoidea, Pullenia bulloides, Sphaeroidina bulloides
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826