Murray Creek Fmn, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand (Devonian of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.1° S, 171.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 178.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Murray Creek Formation (Reefton Group), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Reefton Group is not very well dated, as there are few correlatable fossils.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone

• "High energy shoreface, beach and back-beach. Possibly short-lived lagoonal."
• "650+ m. FG-MG orthoquartzites with bioturbated muddy sandstones towards the base. Rare grey siltstone horizons up to 15m thick. Rare red sandstones and siltstones."

Primary reference: M. A. Bradshaw. 1999. Lower Devonian bivalves from the Reefton Group, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 20:1-171 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40520: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 24.06.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Paleosolen miro n. sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.1
Tentaculites sp.1 von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Pleurothyrella venusta1
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Cryptonella sp.1
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Allanetes neozelanica1
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Glyptodesma allani n. sp., Leptodesma (Leiopteria) pojetai n. sp., Ptychopteria sp.
Glyptodesma allani n. sp. oyster
Ptychopteria sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha cf. herculi
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Pholadella sp.
Pholadella sp. Hall 1869 clam
 Pholadomyida -
Obrimia sp.
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia arenacea n. sp., Phestia sp.
Phestia arenacea n. sp. clam
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Nuculida - Praenuculidae
Nuculodonta sp.
Nuculodonta sp. Liljedahl 1983 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Notonucula madida n. sp., Notonucula subcircularis n. sp., Notonucula orilla n. sp.
Notonucula madida n. sp. nut clam
Notonucula subcircularis n. sp. nut clam
Notonucula orilla n. sp. nut clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae sp.2
Euomphalidae sp.2 White 1877 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonematidae sp.2
Loxonematidae sp.2 Koken 1889 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp.1
Burmeisteria sp.1 Salter 1865 trilobite
 Ichnofossils -
Skolithos sp.1, Rusophycus sp.1
Skolithos sp.1 Haldemann 1840
Rusophycus sp.1 Hall 1852
1Bradshaw and Hegan 1983; 2Wagner 2023