Bluecliff, west end of Te Waewae Bay (S175/611): Kapitean, New Zealand
collected by W.M. Briggs 1967
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander sp.
Monfort 1810
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Amygdalum striatum
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia cf. grangei
Fleming 1945
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| synonym of Aturia cubaensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Southland |
| Coordinates: | 46.2° South, 167.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° South, 171.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Kapitean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.20000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The concretion was not collected in situ, but found on the beach at the foot of the large outcrop at Bluecliff. The rocks are entirely Kapitean in age. There are no other exposures of Tertiary rocks for at least 1 mile in any direction. Seacliff exposures further to the east and south-west of Bluecliff are also of Kapitean age (Fleming, 1955). Thus there can be no doubt that the concretion containing Aturia is of Kapitean age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified siltstone |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: The fauna and the extreme scarcity of macrofossils indicate a probable outer neritic or upper bathyal environment for the deposition of the siltstone at Bluecliff. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W.M. Briggs | Collection dates: | 1967 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Victoria University, Wellington | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 179820 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-02 11:59:18 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-02 11:59:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59648. | A. G. Beu. 1968. A specimen of the nautiloid Aturia from the Kapitean stage (uppermost Miocene) of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 11:161-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |