Haumuri Bluff (S56/43): Campanian, New Zealand
collected by H. H. Travers 1871
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DM R 829 (paddle bones, vertebrae and ribs) (=specimen 8b of Hector, 1874) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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12 elements | |||||||||
| DM R 1530 (dorsal vertebra) (=specimen 8c of Hector, 1874), DM R 1531 (eleven vertebrae) (=specimen 8f of Hector, 1874) | ||||||||||
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Mauisaurus haasti
Hector 1874
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Wilson et al. 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Aristonectinae | ||||||||||
| NN99 1079 (partial pelvis and gastralia) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Taniwhasaurus oweni
Hector 1874
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1 individual | |||||||||
| DM R 1536 (skull and jaws) | ||||||||||
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Mosasaurus mokoroa
Welles and Gregg 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DM R 1535 (paddle) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | South Island |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° South, 173.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.5° South, 147.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Eyre | Formation: | Conway | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: New Zealand Stage nomenclature (Warren, 1995) places the Conway Siltstone at Haumuri Bluff in the lower Haumurian. Correlation with global Upper Cretaceous stages places the Haumuri Bluff section in the lower to middle Campanian; these correlations and age assessments are based on the indexing provided by dinoflagellates, inoceramids, and foraminiferans (Roncaglia and Schioler, 1997). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,bioturbation,gray poorly lithified sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | foreshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Bioerosion: | none |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | H. H. Travers | Collection dates: | 1871 |
| Collection method comments: DM R, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 232395 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | F. Aspromonte | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-11-15 14:00:42 | Last modified: | 2023-11-15 14:00:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-11-15 14:00:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35643. | ETE | S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 86483 | G. J. Wilson, P. Schiøler, N. Hiller and C. M. Jones. 2005. Age and provenance of Cretaceous marine reptiles from the South Island and Chatham Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics 48(2):377-387 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte] |