Dannevirke GS 2302: Early/Lower Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Pennatulacea
Graphularia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
? Waiparia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Liothyrella cf. concentrica Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873
Chlamys cf. williamsoni Zittel 1864
recombined as Talochlamys williamsoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hedecardium aff. subcordatum Suter 1917
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Hemipatagus formosus Zittel 1867
recombined as Eupatagus formosus
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus crawfordi (Hutton 1873)
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Dannevirke County:Motuotaraia
Coordinates: 40.1° South, 176.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.7° South, 179.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ihungia
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Formation "consists largely of massive dark-grey, nodular mudstones of slightly green or blue tinge", Lillie (1953)
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:forearc basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: No collection methods provided in text; material likely reposited in IGNS collections, New Zealand. Collected by A. Quennell
Taxonomic list comments:Representative list of mollusca, echinoidea, bachiopoda and coelentearata
Metadata
Also known as:Geological Survey coll. 2302
Database number:35651
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-02 18:57:36 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2005-01-02 18:57:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9452. A.R. Lillie. 1953. The Geology of the Dannevirke Subdivision. New Zealand geological Survey Bulletin 46 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]