GS11359, Mangahouanga Stream (V19/f6909): Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, New Zealand
collected by M. A. and J. Wiffen, W. L. Moisley 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Pliosauridae indet.
Seeley 1874
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Wiffen and Moisley 1986 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
NZGS CD457 (left coracoid), NZGS CD461 (9 small articulated vertebrae, all damaged by erosion, 3 ribs and pubis) | ||||||||||
= Plesiosauria indet.
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O'Gorman and Otero 2023 | |||||||||
Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isselicrinidae
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Isselicrinus mangahouangaensis n. sp.
Eagle 1994
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Eagle 1994 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Scarlett and Molnar 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CD 51; Ornithopod or Theropod, pedal phalanx | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Molnar and Wiffen 1994 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
CD 545, 546; proximal protion of anterior rib, two small vertebrae | ||||||||||
= Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Wiffen 1996 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dryosauridae
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Molnar et al. 2006 | |||||||||
= Dryosauridae indet.
Milner and Norman 1984
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Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2007 | |||||||||
CD 529 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Molnar 1980 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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? Ceratosauria indet.
(Marsh 1884)
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Molnar et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CD 585 | ||||||||||
Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Molnar and Wiffen 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
rib fragment | ||||||||||
Titanosauria indet.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Molnar and Wiffen 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CD.586 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Wiffen and Molnar 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CD 467, distal portion of left ulna | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Pterodactyloidea indet.
Plieninger 1901
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Molnar and Wiffen 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CD 547, scapula? | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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Molnar 1980 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Wiffen and Moisley 1986 | 19 elements | ||||||||
NZGS CD432-435 (isolated vertebrae), NZGS CD438-439, 441 (pelvic elements), NZGS CD442-443 (partial skeletons), CD452,455 (isolated propodials), AM9122 (left femur), NZGS CP431, 444-449 (isolated vertebrae) | ||||||||||
Tuarangisaurus keyesi n. gen., n. sp.
Wiffen and Moisley 1986
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Wiffen and Moisley 1986 | 1 individual | ||||||||
NZGS CD425 (skull) and CD426 (cervical vertebrae, angular, quadrate, and squamosal) | ||||||||||
aff. Tuarangisaurus keyesi
Wiffen and Moisley 1986
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Wiffen and Moisley 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NZGS CD428, pectoral girdle of a juvenil specimen | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Molnar 1980 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostegidae indet.
Cope 1873
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Wiffen 1981 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
carapace and plastron fragments | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Molnar 1980 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Molnar 1980 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Onchopristis dunklei
McNulty and Slaughter 1962
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5 elements | |||||||||
O. dunklei praecursor | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Gigantocapulidae
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Gigantocapulus problematicus
(Nagao and Otatume 1938)
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Beu 2007 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea lapillicola
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Beu 2007 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Torynommidae
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Torynomma planata n. sp.
Feldmann 1993
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Feldmann 1993 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Homolodromiidae
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Homolodromia novaezelandica n. sp.
Feldmann 1993
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Feldmann 1993 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Hawke's Bay |
Coordinates: | 38.9° South, 176.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 58.9° South, 168.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 654 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
*International age/stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | *Local age/stage: | Piripauan - Haumurian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Mata | Formation: | Tahora | Member: | Maungataniwha |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Upper layers of formation, age of layer is early Hamurian according to Eagle (1994), about 100 m above the Piripauan-Hamurian boundary. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | wave ripples,"cross stratification",bioturbation,concretionary,nodular poorly lithified calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Moderately indurated, poorly bedded, fine-grained, highly bioturbated, grey-mottled sandstone and lenticular shell-beds. Low angle planar cross-bedding and minor, low amplitude symmetrical ripples are also prevalent (Crampton & Moore 1990). Calcareous and phosphatic concretions and pyrite nodules are locally common in the exposed strata. The upper part of the unit is highly fossiliferous and rich in finely comminuted plant material, slightly glauconitic near the top. A coarse pebble to cobble basal conglomerate 50-60 m thick containing blocks of grey wacke, ripped-up sandstone clasts and minor lenses of carbonaceous mudstone and coal interfingers with the sandstone. | |
Environment: | shoreface |
Geology comments: Presence of low-angle planar cross-bedding and symmetrical ripples suggests a shoreface environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | many |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,species names | ||
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | IGNS | ||
Collectors: | M. A. and J. Wiffen, W. L. Moisley | Collection dates: | 1978 |
Metadata
Also known as: | N104/f909, Hawke's Bay | ||
Database number: | 27887 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos, M. Clapham, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Carrano, M. Clapham, F. Aspromonte, E. Leckey, C. Chan |
Modifier: | F. Aspromonte | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2003-01-15 12:36:35 | Last modified: | 2023-11-09 09:10:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-15 12:36:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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Secondary references:
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64040 | V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2016. Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(5):385-444 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] | |
71292 | A. O. Averianov, P. P. Skutschas, R. Schellhorn, A. V. Lopatin, P. N. Kolosov, V. V. Kolchanov, D. D. Vitenko, D. V. Grigoriev, and T. Martin. 2019. The northernmost sauropod record in the Northern Hemisphere. Lethaia 53:362-368 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
29119 | A. G. Beu. 2007. The Inoceramus limpet Gigantocapulus problematicus (Nagao and Otatume, 1938) in New Zealand (Late Cretaceous Gastropoda or Monoplacophora, Gigantocapulidae n. fam.). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(3):267-282 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
73817 | M. K. Eagle. 1994. A new Upper Cretaceous species of Isselicrinus (Crinoidea: Articulata) from western Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 31:175-186 [M. Clapham/C. Chan/M. Clapham] | |
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