Also known as GS966
Where: New Zealand (45.2° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° S, 170.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Weston Member (Totara Limestone Formation), Runangan (36.0 - 34.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS:From Weston Mbr of the Totara Limestone, which overlies the Waiareka Volcani Fm (Kaiatan), and overlain locally by Deborah Volcanic Fm (Whaingaroan). AGE: Runangan of Gage (1957) = Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION:Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
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 64815: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817 clam | |
"Chlamys venosa" = Serripecten venosus, Serripecten aff. enfieldensis
"Chlamys venosa" = Serripecten venosus Hutton 1873 scallop
Serripecten aff. enfieldensis Marwick 1926 scallop |