Naseby GS 1904 (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as GSNZ coll. 1904; possibly same locality as GSNZ coll. 494

Where: Central Otago, New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° S, 175.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Naseby Greensand Formation (Stranraer Group), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Described in text as from units of the Naseby Series (now Naseby Greensand), part of the Pareora Formation of Hutton (1875). From Bishop (1979): Naseby Greensand (Stranraer Group) is approximatey 250-300 m thick, underlain by metamorphosed schist or siltstone of the Eocene Swinburn Formation (Stranraer Group), and overlain conformably by current-bedded quartz sands and gravels of the late Oligocene/early Miocene Wedderburn Formation (Stranraer Group).

•Bishop, D.G. 1979: Sheet 135, Ranfurly (1st ed.) "Geological Map of New Zealand 1:63 360". N.Z. Dept. Sci. Ind. Res., Wellington

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, green sandstone

• From Bishop (1979) "....part of marine-terrestrial transgressive-regressive sequence of the Stranraer Group in the Maniototo basin"; "marine wedge thins rapidly westward,"
• Listed as "greensand". From Bishop (1975): The greensand is a coarse and quartzose, with common bands, nodules and patches of limnoite,, and with thin lensoid beds of angular quartz pebbles.....Macrofossils are numerous.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by J.H. Williamson, 1933

Primary reference: J. H. Williamson. 1939. The Geology of the Naseby Subdivision, Central Otago. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 39 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35127: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Representative collection of mollusca; other groups not mentioned, but may exist.
unclassified
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cf. solidum Hutton 1873 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor aff. exigua snail
fragment
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Maoricolpus sp. n. sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Maoricrypta wilckensi slipper shell
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Poirieria zelandica" = Poirieria zelandicus, Paratrophon sp. n. sp.
"Poirieria zelandica" = Poirieria zelandicus Quoy and Gaimard 1834 murex snail
Paratrophon sp. n. sp. Finlay 1926 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Baryspira sp. n. sp." = Amalda (Baryspira), "Baryspira sp. n. sp." = Amalda (Baryspira), "Baryspira (Alocospira) hebera" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira sp. n. sp." = Amalda (Baryspira) Fischer 1883 snail
Listed as "Baryspira n. sp. (acute spire)"
"Baryspira sp. n. sp." = Amalda (Baryspira) Fischer 1883 snail
Listed as "Baryspira n. sp. (blunt spire)"
"Baryspira (Alocospira) hebera" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Aeneator sp. Finlay 1926 true whelk
fragment
Austrofusus aff. apudalpha true whelk
+ fragments
Austrofusus sp. n. sp. Kobelt 1879 true whelk
Listed as "Austrofusus n. sp. (convex body)"
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Zeacuminia "n. sp. A" Finlay 1930 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Waimatea sp. n. sp. Finlay 1927 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnania sp. n. sp. Marwick 1931 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aff. zitteli Ihering 1907 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris aff. robusta clam
Listed as "Glycymeris n. sp. aff. robusta"; + fragments
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Notocorbula humerosa Hutton 1885 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Kuia aff. chariessa venus clam
Listed as "Kuia n. sp. aff. chariessa"; + fragments
Dosinia (Kereia) cf. waiparaensis venus clam
fragment
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium greyi" = Hedecardium (Titanocardium) greyi Hutton 1873 cockle
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella "n. sp. A" Finlay 1926 clam
+ fragment
Spissatella cf. trailli Hutton 1873 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. awamoensis, "Venericardia aff. ponderosa" = Megacardita ponderosa
"Venericardia aff. ponderosa" = Megacardita ponderosa Suter 1913 clam