Castlecliff, Tainui Shell Bed (Pleistocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (40.0° S, 175.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 175.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: OIS 13 zone, Tainui Shell Bed Formation, Castlecliffian (1.6 - 0.3 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone

• starved inner shelf
• grey bioturbated siltstone containing clumps and layers of oysters and encrusting bryozoans, with associated epifaunal and infaunal molluscs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89043: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.04.2009, edited by Pete Wagner, Mark Uhen and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli4
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli4 Bassoli 1906 conger eel
Gastropoda
  -
Pteronotus laetificus n. sp.3
Pteronotus laetificus n. sp.3 Finlay 1929 mustached bat
 Vanikoroidea - Aclididae
"Rissopsis fricta n. sp." = Austrorissopsis fricta3
"Rissopsis fricta n. sp." = Austrorissopsis fricta3 Finlay 1930 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Maoricrypta costata" = Maoricrypta (Maoricrypta) costata1
"Maoricrypta costata" = Maoricrypta (Maoricrypta) costata1 Sowerby 1859 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Stephopoma roseum1
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Zelippistes benhami1
 Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
"Parvimitra pukeuriensis n. gen. n. sp." = Peculator (Parvimitra)3, "Parvimitra scopi n. sp." = Peculator (Parvimitra)3
"Parvimitra pukeuriensis n. gen. n. sp." = Peculator (Parvimitra)3 snail
"Parvimitra scopi n. sp." = Peculator (Parvimitra)3 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Merica pukeuriensis n. sp." = Cancellaria (Merica)3
"Merica pukeuriensis n. sp." = Cancellaria (Merica)3 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Verconella marwicki n. sp." = Penion marwicki3
"Verconella marwicki n. sp." = Penion marwicki3 Finlay 1930 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria primigena n. sp.3, Murexsul scobina3, "Prototyphis angasi" = Pterotyphis (Prototyphis)1, "Pteronotus (Pterochelus) awamoanus n. sp." = Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus3
Poirieria primigena n. sp.3 murex snail
Murexsul scobina3 murex snail
"Prototyphis angasi" = Pterotyphis (Prototyphis)1 murex snail
"Pteronotus (Pterochelus) awamoanus n. sp." = Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) awamoanus3 Finlay 1930 murex snail
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Argalista proumbilicata n. sp.3, Argalista impervia n. sp.3
Argalista impervia n. sp.3 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
"Crosseola proerrata n. sp." = Crossea (Crosseola)3, "Crosseola sultan n. sp." = Crossea (Crosseola)3
"Crosseola proerrata n. sp." = Crossea (Crosseola)3 snail
"Crosseola sultan n. sp." = Crossea (Crosseola)3 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella maxwelli2
Saccella maxwelli2 Beu 2006 pointed nut clam
 Thraciida - Myochamidae
Myadora novaezelandiae2
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea smithae2
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Scalpomactra continua n. sp.3
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari oamarutica n. sp.3
Gari oamarutica n. sp.3 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Serratina charlottae2
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Amygdalum striatum1
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten novaezelandiae2
Pecten novaezelandiae2 Reeve 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria orientalis1
Limaria orientalis1 Adams 1850 file clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia awamoana n. sp.3
Barbatia awamoana n. sp.3 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
Notosaria nigricans5
Notosaria nigricans5 Sowerby 1846
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia (Coenangia) sp.
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum Quoy and Gaimard 1833 stony coral
subsp. campanulatum
1Beu 2004; 2Beu 2006; 3Finlay 1930; 4Frost 1924; 5Lee and Wilson 1979