Q08/f9011 - Kaipara Harbour (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

Also known as GS734

Where: New Zealand (36.2° S, 174.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 53.5° S, 162.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Haumurian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Haumurian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: GNS, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (formerly New Zealand Geological Survey).

Primary reference: A. G. Beu. 2007. The Inoceramus limpet Gigantocapulus problematicus (Nagao and Otatume, 1938) in New Zealand (Late Cretaceous Gastropoda or Monoplacophora, Gigantocapulidae n. fam.). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(3):267-282 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86447: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa listed in publication, which appear to be characteristic and not necessarily exhaustive. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication for taxa of specific interest. Others listed may be in need of taxonomic revision.
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Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Gigantocapulidae
Gigantocapulus problematicus
Gigantocapulus problematicus Nagao and Otatume 1938 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lapillicola
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
? Inoceramus sp.
? Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam