N141/f638/639 - Te Aute (Southland Series): Middle Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Listed as "crab claw"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Neothyris sp. Douville 1879
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Liothyrella aff. concentrica Hutton 1873
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima colorata Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mesopeplum syagrus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Manaia) sp. ()
synonym of Glycymeris
Listed as "Glycymeris (Veletuceta) or (Manaia) sp."
Glycymeris (Grandaxinea) finlayi Laws 1939
recombined as Tucetona finlayi
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Kuia macdowelli Marwick 1927
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella notocenica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Austrotoma cf. molinei
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alcithoe sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus sp. Kobelt 1879
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea sp. Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
? Proximitra sp. Finlay 1927
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria cf. praenuntia
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Euspinacassis toreuma
synonym of Echinophoria
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Tanea sp. Marwick 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Hawke's Bay County:Te Aute
Coordinates: 40.0° South, 176.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.2° South, 179.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Taumumu Bridge
Regional section:Tukituki River
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: From Waiauan stage (late middle Miocene).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sandstone.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Probably shelfal, though possibly redeposited in deeper water.
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: Collected by J.T. Kingma. Collection likely to be reposited at IGNS (Geological Survey of New Zealand).
Taxonomic list comments:Identified by A.U.E Scott (GSNZ). Of reliable quality, vetted by A. Hendy (2004)
Metadata
Also known as:GS 5180/5181
Database number:45182
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-10-09 11:43:10 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-09 11:43:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11765. J.T. Kingma. 1971. Geology of the Te Aute Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 70 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]