Also known as GS169, GS1160; Coll# 3082 (Hendy PhD)
Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 178.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rifle Butts Formation (Kaierero Group), Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rifle Butts Fm, which gradationally overlies the Gee Greensand of the Kaierero Group, and is overlain by the Kurow Group. AGE: Hutchisonian-Awamoan in text of Gage (1957); late Altonian = Burdigalian-earliest Langhian; hereby assigned to the Altonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, gray, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: GS170 collected by McKay (1876); GS1160 collected by Vaughan, Marshall and Marwick (1923). 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 67896: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Dolicrossea awamoana snail | |
"Venustas suteri" = Calliostoma
"Venustas suteri" = Calliostoma top snail | |
Notacirsa awamoaensis wentletrap | |
Trichosirius finlayi snail | |
Maoricrypta densistriata slipper shell
Sigapatella maccoyi slipper shell
Zegalerus peramplus slipper shell | |
Maoricolpus cavershamensis turret shell
Zeacolpus abscisa turret shell
Zeacolpus pukeuriensis Marwick 1934 turret shell | |
Inquisitor awamoaensis snail | |
Struthiolaria subspinosa Marwick 1924 snail | |
"Baryspira (Alocospira) hebera" = Amalda (Baryspira), "Baryspira gigartoides" = Amalda (Baryspira)
"Baryspira (Alocospira) hebera" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail
"Baryspira gigartoides" = Amalda (Baryspira) snail | |
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki, Buccinulum (Evarnula) compactum2, Cominella (Procominula) pukeuriensis
"Verconella marwicki" = Penion marwicki Finlay 1930 true whelk
Cominella (Procominula) pukeuriensis true whelk | |
Nassicola contracta snail | |
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima)
"Hima (Mirua) socialis" = Nassarius (Hima) snail | |
Glaphyrina excelsa snail | |
"Conospirus huttoni" = Conilithes
"Conospirus huttoni" = Conilithes cone shell | |
Austrotoma lawsi snail
Rugobela caniculata snail | |
"Parvimitra pukeuriensis" = Peculator (Parvimitra) snail
Proximitra apicalis snail
Proximitra tumens snail | |
Coluzea dentata snail | |
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella, "Marginella (Glabella) fraudulenta" = Glabella, Marginella harrisi
"Marginella (Glabella) conica" = Glabella margin shell
"Marginella (Glabella) fraudulenta" = Glabella margin shell
Marginella harrisi margin shell | |
Murexsul progenitor murex snail | |
Alcithoe reflexa, Alcithoe (Leporemax) ? scopi, "Waihaoia (Pachymelon) murdochi" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia), "Waihaoia (Teremelon) awamoaensis" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia), Spinomelon mira
Alcithoe reflexa volute
Alcithoe (Leporemax) ? scopi volute
"Waihaoia (Pachymelon) murdochi" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) volute
"Waihaoia (Teremelon) awamoaensis" = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) volute
Spinomelon mira volute | |
Zeadmete miocenica snail
Anapepta finlayi snail | |
Ficus imperfectus fig shell | |
Galeodea apodemetes, "Euspinacassis emilyae" = Echinophoria
Galeodea apodemetes snail
"Euspinacassis emilyae" = Echinophoria snail | |
"Austrosassia maoria" = Sassia
"Austrosassia maoria" = Sassia triton shell | |
Trivia sp. Broderip 1837 snail | |
Proterato sp. Schilder 1927 snail
Proterato "n. sp." Schilder 1927 snail
Proterato awamoana Schilder 1933 snail | |
Globisinum miocenicum, Magnatica (Spelaenacca) rectilatera, Taniella notocenica, Taniella aff. notocenica, Uberella pseudovitreus, "Polinella modesta" = Polinices (Polinella), Tanea socia, Friginatica vaughani
Globisinum miocenicum moon snail
Magnatica (Spelaenacca) rectilatera moon snail
Taniella notocenica moon snail
Taniella aff. notocenica moon snail
Uberella pseudovitreus moon snail
"Polinella modesta" = Polinices (Polinella) moon snail
Tanea socia moon snail
Friginatica vaughani moon snail | |
"Linemera awamoaensis" = Alvania (Linemera)
"Linemera awamoaensis" = Alvania (Linemera) snail | |
Zaclys aequicincta snail | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
"Zeminolia carinata" = Spectamen
"Zeminolia carinata" = Spectamen snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia awamoana clam | |
Limopsis zelandica clam | |
Lima colorata Hutton 1873 file clam | |
Hinnites trailli scallop | |
"Venericardia cf. perscrupulosa" = Purpurocardia perscrupulosa, Venericardia awamoensis
"Venericardia cf. perscrupulosa" = Purpurocardia perscrupulosa Marwick 1932 clam | |
Spissatella trailli Hutton 1873 clam | |
Neilo awamoana clam | |
Actinopteri | |
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