Also known as GS5650
Where: New Zealand (45.0° S, 170.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° S, 167.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Incholme Glauconitic Sand Member (Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Incholme Glauconitic Sand Mbr of the Tapui Glauconitic Sand Fm, immediately overlying the Kauru Fm (Teurian), and overlain locally by Raki Siltstone (Kaiatan). AGE: upper Bortonian of Gage (1957) = Bartonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper member within the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, micaceous, calcareous, carbonaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64748: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Waihaoia cf. confusa" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
"Waihaoia cf. confusa" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) volute | |
? Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
Bivalvia | |
Cubitostrea gudexi Suter 1917 oyster | |
"Lentipecten (Duplipecten) waihaoensis" = Duplipecten
"Lentipecten (Duplipecten) waihaoensis" = Duplipecten scallop |