Dannevirke GS 2302: Early/Lower Miocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Pennatulacea
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Graphularia sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratellidae
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? Waiparia sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Liothyrella cf. concentrica
Hutton 1873
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lentipecten hochstetteri
Zittel 1864
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Serripecten hutchinsoni
Hutton 1873
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Chlamys cf. williamsoni
Zittel 1864
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recombined as Talochlamys williamsoni | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Hedecardium aff. subcordatum
Suter 1917
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Hemipatagus formosus
Zittel 1867
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recombined as Eupatagus formosus | |||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Paleopneustidae
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Pericosmus crawfordi
(Hutton 1873)
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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] |