Broken River, Trelissick Basin: Rupelian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
Tegulorhynchia squamosa (Hutton 1873)
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sargus laticonus Davis 1888
Davis 1888
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon confertidens Chapman and Pritchard 1907
Chapman 1918
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus marginalis Davis 1888
Chapman 1918
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retroflexus (Agassiz 1838)
Chapman 1918
Lamna compressa Agassiz 1843
Chapman 1918
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis exigua Davis 1888
Chapman 1918
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888
Davis 1888
Myliobatis altus Davis 1888
Davis 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.2° South, 171.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.1° South, 171.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 28.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Thomas
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Miocene (Ototaran)". Ototaran has been replaced by Kaitaian, Runangan, and Whaingaroan (Eocene-Oligocene, rather than Miocene). Tegulorhynchia material from type area comes from Whaingaroan strata (Lee, 1980).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Lithified based on fossil preservation and description of formation in Gage (1970) as "hard limestone alternating with basaltic tuff."
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:187476
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-07-30 17:31:42 Last modified:2021-11-17 09:06:05
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-30 17:31:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39270. G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

19495 F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]
15452 J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
78643 J. Hector. 1894. Critical notes on Mr. Davis's Paper. Reports of Geological Explorations 22:115-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]