Pukekio, Chatham Island: Thanetian - Ypresian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Heteroporidae
? Tetrocycloecia sp. Canu 1917
3 specimens
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Ceriopora rekohuensis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
? Oncousoecia sp. Canu 1918
1 specimen
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cinctiporidae
Cinctipora solomoni n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
? Attinopora sp. Boardman et al. 1992
2 specimens
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatoporina sp.
1 specimen
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
1 specimen
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
? Idmidronea sp. Canu and Bassler 1920
1 specimen
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Disporella sp.
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Melychocella cynura n. gen., n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Aspidostoma cinnabarina n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Aspidostoma litotes n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Hoplitaechmella sp.
1 specimen
Chondriovelum fossilis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Ogiva incompta n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
? Onychocella sp. Jullien 1882
1 specimen
Onychocella ? lamellosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
Inversaria gondwanae n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Caleschara sp. MacGillivray 1880
1 specimen
Micropora quadriporosa n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Flustrellaria australis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
Akatopora chathamica n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
? Exochella gracilis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
1 specimen
Hippopleurifera australis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
? Escharoides crassa n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Chataimulosia primaeva n. gen., n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Arachnopusia gracilis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Kleidionellidae
? Pavobeisselina sp.
1 specimen
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria perexigua n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Cellaria aff. depressa Maplestone 1900
3 specimens
Cellaria elementaria n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Cellaria minus n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
1 specimen
? Escharicellaria sp.
Smitticellaria morioriana n. gen., n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Immergentiidae
Immergentia sp.
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Chatham Island
Coordinates: 44.0° South, 176.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.2° South, 155.4° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Ypresian - Middle Thanetian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Waipawan - Late/Upper Teurian
Key time interval:Thanetian - Ypresian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Red Bluff Tuff
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:grading,red or brown lithified calcareous conglomerate
Secondary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: a predominantly calcareous palagonite tuff of basaltic composition, with beds of lapillistone and tuff-breccia well-bedded, with cross bedding, graded bedding and water sorting.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Only bryozoans
Metadata
Also known as:New Zealand Fossil Record CH/f477
Database number:7221
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:L. Ivany Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-05-19 12:39:29 Last modified:2006-09-10 12:12:12
Access level:the public Released:2000-05-19 12:39:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
461.1% 1120D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 1999. Latest Paleocene to earliest Eocene bryozoans from Chatham Island, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London: Geology Series 55(1):1-45 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski/A. Hendy]