GS 3804 - Kauru Fm, Dunrobin Road (Paleocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as S136/f675; Coll# 3002 (Hendy PhD)

Where: New Zealand (44.8° S, 170.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.8° S, 154.5° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kauru Formation (Fuchsia Group), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From 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 sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Deposited with gentle currents within depths out of reach of strong wave action.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumably lithified, based on age and locally concretionary facies.

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 64699: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and brachiopoda. IDENTIFIER: J.A. Marwick (NZGS). NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated but identified by specialist and often to subgeneric and species resolution.
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata -
Priscaphander "n. sp." Finlay & Marwick 1937 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Pristinacca cf. seniscula" = Taniella (Pristinacca) moon snail
"Polinella "n. sp."" = Polinices (Polinella) Marwick 1931 moon snail
Friginatica sp. Hedley 1916 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Tholitoma cf. dolorosa, "Eoturris aff. multicinctus" = Eopleurotoma
Tholitoma cf. dolorosa Finlay and Marwick 1931 turrid
"Eoturris aff. multicinctus" = Eopleurotoma turrid
 Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"aff. Ellicea sp." = Austrofusus (Ellicea) Finlay 1928 true whelk
Pseudofax "sp. B" Finlay and Marwick 1937 true whelk
Pseudofax "sp. A" Finlay and Marwick 1937 true whelk
Listed as "P. sp. A aff ordinarius"
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus "n. sp." Conrad 1866 fig shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Epitonioidea - Nystiellidae
aff. Proscala "n. sp." Cossmann 1912 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Spirocolpus aff. carsoni Finlay and Marwick 1937 turret shell
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
? Mucronalia sp. Adams 1860 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) cf. concava" = Glycymerita concava
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) cf. concava" = Glycymerita concava Marshall 1917 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Pteromyrtea "n. sp." Finlay 1926 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope cf. worthingtoni" = Panopea
"Panope cf. worthingtoni" = Panopea clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Maorimactra sp." = Mactra (Maorimactra)
"Maorimactra sp." = Mactra (Maorimactra) Finlay 1928 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei
"Venericardia aff. fyfei" = Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937 clam