Dannevirke GS 2035 (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Geological Survey coll. 2035

Where: Dannevirke, New Zealand (40.3° S, 176.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 179.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ihungia Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• Listed as "fossiliferous limestone". Formation "consists largely of massive dark-grey, nodular mudstones of slightly green or blue tinge", Lillie (1953)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: No collection methods provided in text; material likely reposited in IGNS collections, New Zealand. Collected by M. Ongley

Primary reference: A.R. Lillie. 1953. The Geology of the Dannevirke Subdivision. New Zealand geological Survey Bulletin 46 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35642: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.01.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Representative list of mollusca, echinoidea, bachiopoda and coelentearata
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Globisinum sp.
Globisinum sp. Marwick 1924 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Loripinus "sp. B"" = Anodontia (Loripinus), Lucinoma taylori
"Loripinus "sp. B"" = Anodontia (Loripinus) Monterosato 1883 clam
Lucinoma taylori Powell 1935 clam