Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 169.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ashley Mudstone Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• Lower Ashley Mudstone formation. Kaiatan in age (Late Eocene). Lower 2.5 m of Ashley Mudstone.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified, bioturbated, gray, silty, calcareous mudstone
• Offshore lower shelf to slope environments, 150-250 m based on autoecological analyses.
• Pale, grey, bioturbated, calcareous, silty mudstone with sparse macrofossils.
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• REPOSITORY: Otago University (OU). COLLECTOR: Unknown.
Primary reference: M. A. Ayress. 1995. Late Eocene Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Waihao District, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):897-921 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161903: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ostracoda; other taxa (e.g., bivalves, gastropods) known to be present. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Ostracoda |
Podocopida - Xestoleberididae |
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Platycopida - Cytherellidae |
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Podocopida - Candonidae |
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Podocopida - Pontocyprididae |
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Podocopida - Pectocytheridae |
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Podocopida - Neocytherideidae |
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Podocopida - Hemicytheridae |
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Podocopida - Thaerocytheridae |
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Podocopida - Xestoleberididae |
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Podocopida - Bythocytheridae |
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Podocopida - Cytheridae |
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Podocopida - Cytherideidae |
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Podocopida - Loxoconchidae |
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Podocopida - Trachyleberididae |
Actinocythereis microagrenon n. sp. , Anebocythereis hostizea, Philoneptunus hornbrooki, Philoneptunus reticulatus, Philoneptunus "sp. 6.", Oertliella echinata, Oertliella semivera, Taracythere proterva, Taracythere conjunctispinosa n. sp. , Taracythere hampdenensis, Pennyella leptodictyota n. sp.
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Podocopida - Cytheruridae |
Cytherura "nonspinosa", Semicytherura coeca, Semicytherura okinawesnsis, Semicytherura "eocenica", Semicytherura "sp. 1", Semicytherura "sp. 2", Aversovalva aurea, Aversovalva sp., Pedicythere australis, Oculocytheropteron aff. abyssorum, Oculocytheropteron improbum, Oculocytheropteron aff. microfornix, Oculocytheropteron "paratinctum", Oculocytheropteron "waihaoensis", Eucytherura calabra, Eucytherura "sp. 1", Eucytherura "sp. 2", Cytheropteron australopunctatarum, Cytheropteron "cuneatum", Cytheropteron testudo, Cytheropteron sp., Cytheropteron planalatum, Kangarina aff. radiata
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Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae |
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Podocopida - Cytheromatidae |
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Podocopida - Bairdiidae |
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Podocopida - Bythocyprididae |
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Podocopida - Eucytheridae |
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Copytus |
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