Karetu Quarry: Chattian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cassidulinidae
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Globocassidulina sublobosa
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Discorbinellidae
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Laticarinina pauperata
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Hanzawaia turgida
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Gavelinellidae
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Rotaliatina sulcigera
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Anomalinidae
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Anomalinoides orbiculus
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides maculatus
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Notorotalia cf. spinosa
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Melonis maorica
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Nodosariata
- Vaginulinida
- Vaginulinidae
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Vaginulinopsis interrupta
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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unclassified
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Euuvigerina miozea
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Glaessner 1972 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Squalodon serratus n. sp.
Davis 1888
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| invalid subgroup of Mysticeti | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Lamna incurva
Davis 1888
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| recombined as Odontaspis incurva | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | North Canterbury |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° South, 172.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.5° South, 172.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Omihi | Member: | Berrydale Greensand | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Whaingaroan-Duntroonian stage, Weka Pass Stone; Oligocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,green "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: greenish, glauconitic limestone | |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: slow transition from transgression to regression, deep marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | White Rock River Quarry, S67/f27 | ||
| Database number: | 45657 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-11-21 11:04:03 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 15:52:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-21 11:04:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 12036 | R. E. Fordyce. 1980. The Fossil Cetacea of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 90:1-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 15323 | M. F. Glaessner. 1972. Redescription of the tooth of an Oligocene whale from North Canterbury, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(2):183-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |