Te Wera Sandstone Formation, Koranga area: Urutawan, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Kingenidae
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Kingena sp.
Davidson 1852
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Maccoyella sp.
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| n. sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Buchiidae
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Aucellina cf. gryphaeoides
(Sowerby 1836)
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° South, 177.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 75.2° South, 170.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Urutawan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 108.4 - 103.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Te Wera Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Urutawan stage (middle Albian) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | fine,coarse argillaceous sandstone |
| Lithology description: Well-bedded conglomerate, breccia, grit, fine to coarse grained sandstone and thin interbedded siltstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 37062 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-26 13:51:48 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-26 13:51:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9933. | I. A. Speden. 1973. Distribution, stratigraphy and stratigraphic relationships of Cretaceous sediments, western Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 16(2):243-268 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy] |