Kahuitara Point CH/f11, f213: Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Gymnocytherium sp.
originally entered as "Gymnocytherium? sp."
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Terebratellidae indet. King 1850
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cavidae
Ceriocava maculata
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia chathamensis
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira selwyniana
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus s.l.sp. n. sp.
"s.l.n. sp." - originally entered as "Calliomphalus s.l.n. sp."
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
cf. Dentalium morganianum
originally entered as "Dentalium cf. morganianum"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea zealandica Woods 1917
recombined as Cucullaea (Cucullastis) zealandica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon rekohuenis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae indet. King 1850
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
cf. Amphidonte conica (Sowerby 1813)
originally entered as "Amphidonte cf. A. conica"
? Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
originally entered as "Pycnodonte? sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimyodon sp. n. sp. Munier-Chalmas 1886
synonym of Atreta
originally entered as "Dimyodon n. sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes sp. n. sp. Meek 1864
originally entered as "Camptonectes n. sp."
Eburneopecten freneixae n. sp. Stilwell 1998
originally entered as "Eburneopecten freneixae n. sp."
Chlamys sp. n. sp. Röding 1798
originally entered as "Chlamys n. sp."
cf. Mixtipecten amuriensis
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mixtipecten)
originally entered as "Mixipecten cf. M. amuriensis"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
originally entered as "Spondylus? sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea woodsi (Suter 1921)
original and current combination Lima (Limatula) woodsi
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
? Pterotrigonia hectori
?Pterotrigonia hanetiana hectori - originally entered as "?Pterotrigonia hectori"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma flemingae n. sp.
originally entered as "Solyma flemingae n. sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
cf. Aphrodina wilckensi
originally entered as "?Aphrodina cf. A. wilckensi"
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea malvernensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844
Angiospermae
? Caryophyllidae indet.
originally entered as "Caryophyllidae? indet."
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Chatham Islands
Coordinates: 44.3° South, 176.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.9° South, 134.6° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Campanian
Key time interval:Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kahuitara Tuff
Local section:Kuhauitara Point
Lithology and environment
Geology comments: lithology is a volcaniclastic sediment
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3640
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:63091
Created:1999-08-06 06:44:41 Last modified:2009-06-20 15:38:39
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
222. J. D. Stilwell. 1997. Tectonic and palaeobiogeographic significance of the Chatham Islands, South Pacific, Late Cretaceous fauna. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 136:97-119 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]