Also known as S136/f574; Coll# 3003 (Hendy PhD)
Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.8° E: paleocoordinates 56.8° S, 162.1° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Five Forks Glauconitic Sandstone Member (Kauru Formation), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Five Forks Glauconitic Sandstone of the Kauru Fm, either locally overlying Kakanui Metamorphic Group (Paleozoic) or Papakaio Fm (Piripauan), and overlain locally by Tapui Glauconitic Sandstone (Bortonian). AGE: upper part of Wangaloan of Gage (1957) (disused according to Cooper et al. 2004) = ?late Teurian (current NZ stage usage) = Selandian-Thanetian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IGNS
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Collected by various authors, which may include: Marwick (1924-1944), Laws (1930-1941), and Powell (1942). REPOSITORY: New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).
Primary reference: M. Gage. 1957. The Geology of the Waitaki Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 55 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64700: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Zeacolpus sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus) aff. semiconcavus turret shell | |
"Polinella cf. finlayi" = Polinices (Polinella), Amauropsona sp.
"Polinella cf. finlayi" = Polinices (Polinella) moon snail
Amauropsona sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 moon snail | |
Marshallaria multicincta cone shell | |
"? Tholitoma "n. sp."" = Cosmasyrinx (Tholitoma)
"? Tholitoma "n. sp."" = Cosmasyrinx (Tholitoma) Finlay and Marwick 1937 turrid | |
Heteroterma ? zelandica snail
Tudiclana cf. simulator snail | |
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
? Taioma "n. sp." Finlay and Marwick 1937 snail
Taioma tricarinata Finlay and Marwick 1937 snail | |
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"Taieria aff. allani" = Galeodea allani
"Taieria aff. allani" = Galeodea allani Finlay and Marwick 1937 snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Panope cf. worthingtoni" = Panopea
"Panope cf. worthingtoni" = Panopea clam | |
? Marwickia parthiana venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle | |
Lahillia sp. Cossmann 1899 clam | |
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901 clam
Miltha cf. agilis clam | |
Thyasira "n. sp." Lamarck 1818 clam | |
? Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sp." = Glycymerita
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sp." = Glycymerita Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) cf. taioma" = Jupiteria, Nuculana "n. sp. C", Nuculana "n. sp. B", Nuculana (Sacella) sp., Spineilo cf. elongata
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) cf. taioma" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam
Nuculana "n. sp. C" Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana "n. sp. B" Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Sacella) sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Spineilo cf. elongata pointed nut clam |