Castlecliff, Tainui Shell Bed: Castlecliffian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Pteronotus laetificus n. sp. Finlay 1929
Finlay 1930
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Stephopoma roseum
Beu 2004
Gastropoda - Aclididae
Rissopsis fricta n. sp. Finlay 1930
Finlay 1930
recombined as Austrorissopsis fricta
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Maoricrypta costata (Sowerby 1859)
Beu 2004
recombined as Maoricrypta (Maoricrypta) costata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria primigena n. sp.
Finlay 1930
Prototyphis angasi
Beu 2004
spelled with current rank as Pterotyphis (Prototyphis)
Pteronotus (Pterochelus) awamoanus n. sp. Finlay 1930
Finlay 1930
recombined as Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus
Murexsul scobina
Finlay 1930
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Verconella marwicki n. sp. Finlay 1930
Finlay 1930
recombined as Penion marwicki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Merica pukeuriensis n. sp.
Finlay 1930
spelled with current rank as Cancellaria (Merica)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Parvimitra pukeuriensis n. gen., n. sp.
Finlay 1930
spelled with current rank as Peculator (Parvimitra)
Parvimitra scopi n. sp.
Finlay 1930
spelled with current rank as Peculator (Parvimitra)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Zelippistes benhami
Beu 2004
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Argalista proumbilicata n. sp.
Finlay 1930
Argalista impervia n. sp.
Finlay 1930
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Crosseola proerrata n. sp.
Finlay 1930
spelled with current rank as Crossea (Crosseola)
Crosseola sultan n. sp.
Finlay 1930
spelled with current rank as Crossea (Crosseola)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella maxwelli Beu 2006
Beu 2006
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Amygdalum striatum
Beu 2004
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria orientalis (Adams 1850)
Beu 2004
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve 1853
Beu 2006
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia awamoana n. sp.
Finlay 1930
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Myochamidae
Myadora novaezelandiae
Beu 2006
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Scalpomactra continua n. sp.
Finlay 1930
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Serratina charlottae
Beu 2006
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari oamarutica n. sp.
Finlay 1930
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea smithae
Beu 2006
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
Notosaria nigricans (Sowerby 1846)
Lee and Wilson 1979
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Ophidium pantanelli Bassoli 1906
Frost 1924
recombined as Rhynchoconger pantanelli
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia (Coenangia) sp. ()
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum rubrum (Quoy and Gaimard 1833)
recombined as Monomyces rubrum
subsp. campanulatum
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 40.0° South, 175.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° South, 175.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Castlecliffian Zone: OIS 13
Age range of interval:1.63000 - 0.34000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tainui Shell Bed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: grey bioturbated siltstone containing clumps and layers of oysters and encrusting bryozoans, with associated epifaunal and infaunal molluscs
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: starved inner shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:89043
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner, M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Wagner, M. Uhen, M. Clapham
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-30 01:14:25 Last modified:2016-04-24 14:47:41
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-04-30 01:14:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29819. D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

32341 A. G. Beu. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2):111-265 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
19758 A. G. Beu. 2006. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to Recent bivalves. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36(4):151-338 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
58980 H. J. Finlay. 1930. New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Pt 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 61:49-84 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
70611 G. A. Frost. 1924. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 55:605-614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
72067 D. E. Lee and J. B. Wilson. 1979. Cenozoic and recent rhynchonellide brachiopods of New Zealand: Systematics and variation in the genus Notosaria. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9:437-463 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]