N87/f608 [Karekare Siltstone] (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Also known as GS8402

Where: New Zealand (38.4° S, 177.3° E: paleocoordinates 75.2° S, 170.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karekare Siltstone Formation, Urutawan (108.4 - 103.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Karekare Siltstone of the Taitai Series, which conformably overlies the Te Wera Sandstone (Albian). AGE: Urutawan of Wellman (1956) = Middle to Upper Albian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 100 ft above base of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Offshore marine, mid-outer shelf paleoenvironment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Muddy grit. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Moore in 1959; reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: W. R. Moore, 1959. REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).

Primary reference: I.G. Speden. 1975. Cretaceous stratigraphy of Raukumara Peninsula. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 91 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83401: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, and other invertebrate groups (cephalopoda, gastropoda, echinoidea, bryozoa, annelida listed). NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and generally lacking species-level designations. Identified by specialist (Speden), and lack of species names reflects poor preservation and insufficient existing taxonomic knowledge.
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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Kingena sp.
Kingena sp. Davidson 1852
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
? Thracia sp.
? Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea cf. echinata
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Aucellina cf. gryphaeoides
Aucellina cf. gryphaeoides Sowerby 1836 scallop