H46/f166a - Wangaloa Formation, New Zealand: Danian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Buchanan et al. 2007 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonioidea indet.
Baur 1893
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Buchanan et al. 2007 | 6 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Leionucula palaioanaxea n. sp.
Stilwell 1993
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis zinsmeisteri n. sp.
Stilwell 1993
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Otago |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° South, 170.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.6° South, 160.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wangaloa | ||||
| Local section: | Mitchells Rocks | ||||
| Regional section: | Great South | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Wangaloa Formation has perviously been assigned to Upper Miocene, and Late Cretaceous, but is Early Paleocene. Miospores indicate zone PM2=Haumurian=Maastrichtian immediately below skelatal assemblage. Palynological, foraminiferal, and molluscan assemblages at the horizon and immediately above indicate Early Paleocene=Teurian ages. Early Teurian=Danian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,concretionary,shelly/skeletal lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Well-cemented, fine-grained concretionary sandstone. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: Described as shallow marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collection is reposited in Otago University (OU) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:High quality nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mitchells Rocks | ||
| Database number: | 52564 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-10 23:49:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-10 23:49:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14129. | J. D. Stilwell. 1993. New Early Paleocene Mollusca from the Wangaloa Formation of South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 67(3):360-369 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 30718 | L. A. Buchanan, C. P. Consoli, and J. D. Stilwell. 2007. Early Paleocene marine vertebrates from the Wangaloa Formation, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 2007(50):33-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |