Upstream from road junction, Retaruke River: Tortonian, New Zealand
collected by K.W. Kenthorpe

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia coxi Miller 1947
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 39.1° South, 175.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.8° South, 177.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mount Messenger Member:Kohu
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Middle Tongaporutuan from mapping." Exact location is uncertain, although all outcrops in the general vicinity are mapped as the Kohu Member of the Mount Messenger Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:submarine fan
Geology comments: Mount Messenger Formation interpreted as submarine fan (Kamp et al., 2004)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:K.W. Kenthorpe
Collection method comments: Repository: K.W. Kenthorpe collection
Metadata
Database number:180131
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-07-08 21:24:46 Last modified:2019-08-11 16:14:29
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-08 21:24:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59708. A. G. Beu. 1973. Nautiloids of the genus Aturia from the uppermost Miocene of Australia and New Zealand. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:297-308 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]