Waitete Bay (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as S10/f6, S10/f7, S10/f8

Where: North Island, New Zealand (36.7° S, 175.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 179.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Torehina Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• late Oligocene: Duntroonian or Duntroonian to mid-Waitakian

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; calcareous siltstone and fine-grained sandstone

• sheltered marine environment at deep inner shelf depths (20-50m)
• calcareous siltstone and fine sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Eagle. 1993. A new fossil isocrinid crinoid from the Oligocene of Waitete Bay, Northern Coromandel. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30:1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204564: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum distinctum" = Flabellum pavoninum
"Flabellum distinctum" = Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Quadrilatera cf. januaria Marwick 1926 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Austrodosinia) sodalis Marwick 1929 venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea worthingtoni Hutton 1873 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Neilo sinangula Finlay 1926 clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus keari turret shell
Gazameda grindleyi turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Magnatica (Magnatica) planispira Suter 1917 moon snail
Polinices (Polinella) blaesus Marwick 1929 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae