Ohuriawa Gorge S5: Selandian - Thanetian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cf. winkleri Leriche 1905
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
9 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.1° South, 172.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.5° South, 159.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waipara Greensand
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Lithology description: formation is "a sparsely fossiliferous, fine- to medium-grained, richly glauconitic quartzose sandstone"
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: formation is thought to be "nearshore marine, or possibly estuarine" but shark fauna suggests a "mid-shelf interpretation" of the environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: "specimens were recovered from loose weathered material that accumulates at the foot of steep banks... Sieving of this sediment proved unsuccessful"
Canterbury Museum collection
Metadata
Also known as:Waipara River
Database number:90582
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-08-07 16:12:16 Last modified:2023-05-04 12:36:22
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-07 16:12:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30481. A. A. Mannering and N. Hiller. 2008. An early Cenozoic neoselachian shark fauna from the South Pacific. Palaeontology 51(6):1341-1365 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]