Also known as GS 5618
Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.5° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° S, 165.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Broken River Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Unit 5 ft thick. Porangan local stage.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, concretionary sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Gudex (1918), Allan, and Marwick (1960). COllections likely to be reposited in IGNS (New Zealand Geological Survey) collections, Lower Hutt, New Zealaand
Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1960. Early Tertiary Mollusca from Otaio Gorge, South Canterbury. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 33 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50147: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Cubitostrea aff. gudexi Suter 1917 oyster | |
Gonimyrtea sp. Marwick 1929 clam | |
Panopea worthingtoni Hutton 1873 clam | |
Hedecardium (Hedecardium) collinsi Marwick 1960 cockle | |
Veneridae indet., Turia fausata n. sp., Dosinia (Kereia) castigata, Dosinia (Kereia) sp., Costacallista hectori
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Turia fausata n. sp. venus clam
Dosinia (Kereia) castigata Marwick 1960 venus clam
Dosinia (Kereia) sp. Marwick 1927 venus clam
Costacallista hectori Finlay and Marwick 1937 venus clam | |
Diplodonta (Zemysina) densiscalpta Marwick 1960 clam | |
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Glyptoactis (Fasiculicardia) cf. acanthodes Suter 1917 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Sigapatella (Sigapatella) mapalia Marwick 1929 slipper shell | |
Priscoficus allani n. sp.
Priscoficus allani n. sp. fig shell | |
Perissodonta mortoni n. sp. snail | |
Rugobela oborni Marwick 1960 snail | |
"Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma, Insolentia aff. sertula
"Eoturris sp." = Eopleurotoma Cossmann 1889 turrid
Insolentia aff. sertula turrid | |
Pseudofax cf. filius true whelk | |
Athleta lata, "Waihaoia sp." = Alcithoe (Waihaoia)
"Waihaoia sp." = Alcithoe (Waihaoia) Marwick 1926 volute | |
Polinices (Polinices) otaioensis, Taniella (Taniella) tantilla, "Propesinum fornicatum" = Eunaticina
Polinices (Polinices) otaioensis moon snail
Taniella (Taniella) tantilla moon snail
"Propesinum fornicatum" = Eunaticina moon snail | |
Zeacolpus (Zeacolpus) sp. Finlay 1926 turret shell
Colposigma gairi Marwick 1960 turret shell
Colposigma plebeia n. sp. Marwick 1960 turret shell |