Toi Flat, Westscott Sandstone: Otaian - Altonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Poireiria sp.
"Odontapsis" sp.
Echinoidea - Spatangoida
Spatangoidea indet. (Agassiz 1840)
original and current combination Spatangoida
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Chondrichthyes - Batoidea
Batoidea indet.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
cf. Stethothyris sp. Thomson 1918
Waiparia sp.
Neothyris sp. Douville 1879
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia cubaensis (Lea 1841)
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbininae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnidae indet. Adams 1850
Gastropoda
Cocculinacea indet. Thiele 1909
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847
Tropicolpus abscisus
Tropicolpus sp. Marwick 1931
Tropicolpus (Amplicolpus) cavershamensis
Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella novaezelandiae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
? Zegalerus sp. Finlay 1927
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tanea sp. Marwick 1931
Polinices huttoni
Polinices (Polinella) aff. modestus
Polinices (Polinella) aff. obstructus
Polinices (Polinella) sp. (Marwick 1931)
Magnatica sp. (Marwick 1924)
Magnatica planispira Suter 1917
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Penion sp. Fischer 1884
? Penion marwicki (Finlay 1930)
Cominella sp. Gray 1850
Paracominia sp. Powell and Bartrum 1929
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinulidae
Austrofusus spiniferus (Finlay and McDowall 1923)
recombined as Aethocola (Aethocola) spinifera
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Turehua cf. lividorupis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conidae indet. Fleming 1822
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Rugobela sp. Finlay 1924
Austrotoma sp. Finlay 1924
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
Austroclavus sp. Powell 1942
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas fusiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891
Bathytoma (Bathytoma) haasti Hutton 1877
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Amalda (Spinispira) sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Amalda (Spinispira) cf. cingulata
Amalda (Spinispira) spinigera
Amalda (Spinispira) cf. spinigera
Amalda (Spinispira) stortha
Amalda (Gemmuspira) platycephala
Amalda (Alocospira) hebera
? Amalda (Gracilispira) sp. (Olsson 1956)
? Amalda (Baryspira) sp. (Fischer 1883)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Proximitra apicalis
Proximitra rutidoloma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Alcithoe (Leporemax) phymatias
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria calcar
Struthiolaria sp. Lamarck 1816
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Galeodea (Apodemetes) sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora prognata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Neilo sp. Adams 1854
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mesopeplum sp. Iredale 1929
Lentipecten sp. Marwick 1928
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
? Lima colorata Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Anomia trigonopsis Hutton 1873
Pododesmus incisurus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
? Cucullaea australis
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Cucullaea worthingtoni Hutton 1873
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymerita (Manaia) aff. hurupiensis
Glycymerita robusta Marwick 1923
Glycymerita cf. robusta Marwick 1923
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Limopsis catenata Suter 1917
synonym of Limopsis zitteli
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hedecardium sp. Marwick 1944
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus bensoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Veneroida indet. Gray 1854
spelled with current rank as Veneroidei
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Marama sp. Marwick 1927
Dosiniinae indet. Deshayes 1858
spelled with current rank as Dosiniini
Dosinia aff. bensoni
Eumarcia (Atamarcia) aff. curta
Pitar cf. sculpturata
Rohea trigonalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Zenatia sp. Gray 1853
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Notocorbula sp. Iredale 1930
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Notocorbula)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea worthingtoni (Hutton 1873)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
? Clavagella oamarutica
Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Offadesma angasi
spelled with current rank as Periploma (Offadesma)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spissatella aff. clifdenensis
Spissatella sp. Finlay 1926
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
"Cyclocardia" awamoensis
Thecostraca
Lepadomorpha indet. Gruvel 1905
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Tasmanobalanus ? acutus
Tasmanobalanus grantmackiei
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Truncatoflabellum aff. profundum
Truncatoflabellum sphenodeum
Truncatoflabellum sp. Cairns 1989
Flabellum circulare
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831
Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia aff. alta Tenison-Woods 1880
Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haeuslerella decepta
Haeuslerella hectori
Haeuslerella pukeuriensis
Textularia awazea
Textularia miozea
Textularia pseudomiozea
Dorothia minima
Cyclammina sp. Brady 1876
Cyclammina incisa (Stache 1864)
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides molestus
? Cibicides perforatus
Cibicides temperata
Cibicides thiaracuta
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Planulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Notorotalia spinosa
Notorotalia sp. Finlay 1939
Nonionella magnalingua
Nonionella novozelandica
Nonionella zenitens
Nonionella sp. Cushman 1926
Astrononion sp. Cushman and Edwards 1927
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides parvumbilia
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides zelandicus
original and current combination Valvalabamina
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Planularia sp. Defrance 1826
Pseudonodosaria symmetrica
Lagenoglandulina annulata
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
? Plectofrondicularia whaiangaroica
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
? Lingulina decipiens
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina aff. calcar
Lenticulina coloratus
Lenticulina cultratus
Lenticulina foliata
Lenticulina gyroscalpra
Lenticulina lenticulina
Lenticulina loculosa
Lenticulina lucida
Lenticulina mammilligera
Lenticulina pseudocalcarata
Lenticulina aff. pusilla
Lenticulina vortex
unclassified
? Marginulina duracina
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Marginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Marginulina subbullata Hantken 1875
Nodosariacea indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Bolivinidae
Bolivina lapsus
? Bolivina zedirecta
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Bagginidae
Baggina ampla
Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina miozea
Cassidulinidae
Ehrenbergina marwicki
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina cf. buchiana d'Orbigny 1846
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Notorotaliidae
? Discorotalia aranea
Discorotalia tenuissima
Elphidiidae
Elphidium crispum
Elphidium subrotundum
Trochamminidae
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
Ataxophragmiidae
Arenodosaria antipoda
Martinottiella sp. Cushman 1933
? Karreriella chilostoma
Karreriella cushmani
Globigerinidae
Globorotalia mayeri Cushman and Ellisor 1939
recombined as Paragloborotalia mayeri
subsp. semivera
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerina cf. ciperoensis
? Globigerina juvenilis
Globigerina connecta
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Globoquadrina dehiscens (Chapman et al. 1934)
Globigerina woodi Jenkins 1960
recombined as Globoturborotalita woodi
Globorotaliidae
? Globorotalia nana Jankins 1967
Globorotalia zealandica Walters 1965
Chilostomellidae
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Pullenia bulloides
Chilostomella ovoidea
Buliminidae
Fissurina aff. kerguelenensis
Globobulimina aff. pacifica Cushman 1927
unclassified
Scolicia sp. de Quatrefages 1849
Ophiomorpha sp. Lundgren 1891
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 40.3° South, 176.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.7° South, 179.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Otaian - Altonian
Age range of interval:21.70000 - 15.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ihungia Member:Westscott Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: calcaerous, massive, muddy grey sandstones with intercalated turbidites
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: lower part of the member: inner shelf; middle and upper member: outer shelf
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:77489
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-01-14 01:42:15 Last modified:2008-01-14 08:08:33
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26215. C. M. Reid. 1998. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and tectonics of Lower Miocene rocks in the Waipatiki/Mangatuna area, southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 41:115-131 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]