Te Miko (Unit 2): Kaiatan, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinidae indet. Gislén 1924
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus (Hutton 1873)
S. (Paraster)
Polychaeta
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Stethothyris sp. Thomson 1918
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp. n. sp. Mörch 1852
    = Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) sp. n. sp. Mörch 1852
Beu et al. 1990
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Spirocolpus cf. waihaoensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
? Limea sp. n. sp. Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Duplipecten parki
? Mesopeplum sp. n. sp. Iredale 1929
    = Mesopeplum (Mesopeplum) sp. n. sp. Iredale 1929
Beu et al. 1990
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Carcinoplax temikoensis n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Majidae
Leptomithrax griffini n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
Notomithrax allani n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Pororaria eocenica Glaessner 1980
Rhachiosoma granuliferum (Glaessner 1960)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae
Laeviranina keysei n. sp.
Laeviranina pororariensis (Glaessner 1980)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae
Lyreidus bennetti n. sp. Feldmann and Maxwell 1990
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides notocenica
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 42.0° South, 171.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.7° South, 179.4° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene
*Local age/stage:Kaiatan - Runangan
Key time interval: Kaiatan
Age range of interval: 39.1 - 36.7 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Island Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary sandstone
Lithology description: friable sandstone
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: "shallow marine offshore, probably inner to middle shelf"

numerous ichnofossils and no visible cross-bedding in photos

decapods from nodules; aragonitic snails replaced with calcite

Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:microfossils were identified but not listed or described except for one foram
Metadata
Also known as:Decapod Bed; K30/f8723; K30/f37; K30/f37A; K30/f8510; K30/f9735
Database number:4886
Authorizer:J. Alroy, A. Miller Enterer:J. Alroy, A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-28 18:58:10 Last modified:1999-08-28 21:58:10
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
301. R. M. Feldmann and P. A. Maxwell. 1990. Late Eocene decapod Crustacea from north Westland, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 64(5):779-797 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

11706 A. G. Beu, P.A. Maxwell, and R.C. Brazier. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]