| Specimen
37 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Order: |
Pterioida
|
| Suborder:
|
Pteriina |
| Superfamily:
|
Pteriacea |
| Family:
|
Pteriidae |
| Genus:
|
Lentipecten Marwick, 1928 |
| Species: |
Lentipecten
hochstetteri (Zittel, 1864) |
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Shell with matrix infilling; conjoined valves.
|
| Collected: |
Michael K.
Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common
name: |
bivalve |
| Specimen
38 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CNIDARIA |
|
| Class:
|
Anthozoa |
| Subclass:
|
Zoantharia |
| Family:
|
Faviidae
|
| Species: |
Gen. & sp. Indet.
|
| Locality:
|
North Chanter Island, Kermadec Group,
Raoul Island sector, Pacific Ocean, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Haweran Stage- late Pleistocene |
| Preservation:
|
Calcium carbonate colonial skeleton. |
| Collected: |
Michael K.
Eagle – 12.04.1999 |
| Common
name: |
coral
|
| Specimen
39 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
PLANTAE |
|
| Subphylum: |
Angiospermae
|
| Tribe:
|
Dicotyledones
|
| Division:
|
Magnoliophyta
|
| Class: |
Magnoliopsida
|
| Order:
|
Myrtales
|
| Family:
|
Myrtaceae
|
| Genus:
|
Meterociderous |
| Species: |
Metrosiderous sp. indet. |
| Locality:
|
Opencast mine tailings,
East Huntly, Waikato, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Runangan Stage - late Eocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Carbonaceous impressions. |
| Collected: |
Michael K.
Eagle – 18.02. 2003 |
| Common
name: |
plant fossil |
| Specimen
40 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Suborder:
|
Ostreina |
| Superfamily:
|
Ostreacea |
| Family: |
Gryphaeidae |
| Subfamily:
|
Pycnodonteinae |
| Family:
|
Ostreidae |
| Subfamily:
|
Ostreinae |
| Genus:
|
Crassostrea |
| Species: |
Crassostrea ingens (Zittel, 1864) |
| Locality:
|
Wilkies Shellbed, Wanganui. |
| Age:
|
Mangapanian Stage – late Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Shell. |
| Collected: |
Michael K.
Eagle – 10.04.1993 |
| Common
name: |
oyster
|
| Specimen
41 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Bivalvia
|
| Subclass:
|
Pteriomorphia
|
| Order:
|
Arcoida |
| Superfamily: |
Arcacea |
| Family:
|
Cucullaeidae |
| Genus:
|
Cucullaea |
| Species: |
Cucullaea (Latiarca) worthingtoni Hutton, 1873 |
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Shell with matrix infilling; conjoined valves. |
| Collected: |
Michael K.
Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
bivalve |
| Specimen
42 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Superfamily:
|
Naticacea
|
| Family:
|
Naticidae |
| Subfamily: |
Naticinae |
| Genus:
|
Magnatica |
| Subgenus:
|
Magnatica |
| Species: |
Magnatica (Magnatica) planispira (Suter, 1917) |
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Shell with matrix infilling. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
gastropod |
| Specimen
43 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ECHINODERMATA |
|
| Superorder: |
Gnathostomata |
| Order:
|
Clypeasteroida |
| Suborder:
|
Clypeasterina |
| Family: |
Arachnoididae |
| Genus:
|
Fellaster |
| Species: |
Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855) |
| Locality:
|
Waipatiki Limestone, south side,
Waipatiki Beach, Hawkes Bay, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Nukumaruan Stage – late Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Calcitic test with matrix infill. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 08.08.1999 |
| Common name: |
echinoderm |
| Specimen
44 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
PLANTAE |
|
| Class: |
Spermatopsida |
| Order:
|
Palmales |
| Family:
|
Palmae |
| Subfamily: |
Cocoideae
|
| Genus:
|
Cocos |
| Species: |
Cocos
zeylandica |
| Locality:
|
Cooper’s Beach, Mangonui
Doutless Bay, Northland, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Waiauan Stage - Middle Miocene |
| Preservation:
|
Carbonaceous. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 15.12.2000 |
| Common name: |
coconut |
| Specimen
45 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CHORDATA |
|
| Subphylum: |
Vertebrata |
| Superclass: |
Pisces |
| Class:
|
Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: |
Elasmobrachii |
| Infraclass:
|
Osteodonta |
| Order:
|
Selachii |
| Family:
|
Isuridae |
| Genus:
|
Isurus |
| Species: |
Isurus
sp. indet |
| Locality:
|
Kaawa Creek Shellbed, Port Waikato, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Opoitan Stage – middle Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Phosphatised shark's teeth. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 10.06.1997 |
| Common name: |
shark's teeth |
| Specimen
46 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Subclass:
|
Prosobranchia |
| Order:
|
Archaeogastropoda |
| Family: |
Volutidae |
| Subfamily:
|
Zidoninae |
| Genus:
|
Alcithoe |
| Species: |
Alcithoe arabicula Marwick, 1926 |
| Locality:
|
Kaawa Creek Shellbed, Port Waikato, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Opoitan Stage – middle Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Shell |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 10.06.1997 |
| Common name: |
gastropod |
| Specimen
47 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Subclass:
|
Pteropodia |
| Order:
|
Euthcosomata |
| Family: |
Cuvierinidae
|
| Genus:
|
Vaginella |
| Species: |
Vaginella depressa Daudin, 1800 |
| Locality:
|
Bartrum Bay, Motutara, south Muriwai
Coast, Rodney District, west Auckland, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Altonian Stage – early Miocene |
| Preservation:
|
Calcitic internal skeleton.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 12.05.1989 |
| Common name: |
gastropod |
| Specimen
48 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ANNELIDA |
|
| Class: |
Polychaeta |
| Subclass:
|
Sedentaria
|
| Species: |
Fam., gen., & sp. indet.
|
| Locality:
|
Kaawa Creek Shellbed, Port Waikato, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Opoitan Stage – middle Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Calcareous tube minus animal. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 10.06.1997 |
| Common name: |
tube-worm tubes |
| Specimen
49 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ARTHROPODA |
|
| Subphylum: |
Crustacea
|
| Class:
|
Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 |
| Order:
|
Thoracica Darwin, 1854 |
| Suborder: |
Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 |
| Superfamily:
|
Pachylasmoidea Utinomi, 1968 |
| Family:
|
Pachylasmidae Utinomi, 1968 |
| Superfamily:
|
Bathylasmatinae Newman & Ross, 1976 |
| Genus:
|
Bathylasma Newman & Ross, 1971 |
| Species: |
Bathylasma aucklandicum (Hector, 1888) |
| Locality:
|
Mathesons Bay, Leigh,
Rodney District, North Auckland, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Otaian Stage – early Miocene |
| Preservation:
|
Shell partial plate (latus) exterior. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 03.12.1997 |
| Common name: |
barnacle |
| Specimen
50 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ECHINODERMATA |
|
| Order: |
Spatangoida |
| Family:
|
Paleopneustidae |
| Genus:
|
Pericosmus |
| Species: |
Pericosmus crawfordi (Hutton, 1873) |
| Locality:
|
Cavendish Limestone Quarry,
Mt Somers, Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Waitakian Stage – late Oligocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Calcitic test with matrix infill.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle -11.01.2003 |
| Common name: |
sand dollar |
| Specimen
51 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ARTHROPODA |
|
| Class: |
Crustacea |
| C Order:
|
Decapoda |
| Suborder:
|
Reptantia |
| Family: |
Cancridae |
| Genus:
|
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species: |
Cancer novaezelandae (Jacquinot & Lucus, 1853) |
| Locality:
|
Keyhole Rock, Spit Beach,
Aromoana, Dunedin Heads, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Pleistocene.
|
| Preservation:
|
Original carapace.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 24.01.2003
|
| Common name: |
crab |
| Specimen
52 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ECHINODERMATA |
|
| Class: |
Echinoidea |
| Order:
|
Cidaroida |
| Family:
|
Cidarinae |
| Genus: |
Eucidaris |
| Species: |
Eucidaris strobilata Fell, 1954 |
| Locality:
|
Matanganui Limestone, south Rocky Side,
Tarawhenua Peninsula, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands. |
| Age:
|
Early Waipawan Stage – Early Eocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Calcitic radioles (spines) disarticulated from
test.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle –18.02.2002 |
| Common name: |
sea urchin, or kina, spines |
| Specimen
53 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CNIDARIA |
|
| Class: |
Anthozoa |
| Subclass:
|
Zoantharia |
|
Family:
|
Faviidae |
| Genus: |
Leptastrea |
| Species: |
Leptastrea cf. transversa |
| Locality:
|
Fossil Point, Bosquet Bay, Kawau Island,
Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Otaian Stage – early Miocene |
| Preservation:
|
Mineralisation of calcitic skeleton.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 09.04.1994 |
| Common name: |
coral |
| Specimen
54 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CHORDATA |
|
| Subphylum: |
Vertebrata |
| Superclass:
|
Pisces |
| Class:
|
Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: |
Elasmobrachii
|
| Infraclass:
|
Osteodonta |
| Order:
|
Lamniforms |
| Family:
|
Otodontidae |
| Genus:
|
Carcharocles |
| Species: |
Carcharocles megladon (Agassiz) |
| Locality:
|
Kaawa Creek Shellbed, Port Waikato, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Opoitan Stage – middle Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Phosphatised teeth; plaster cast |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 10.06.1997 |
| Common name: |
shark's tooth |
| Specimen
55 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Scaphopoda |
| Order:
|
Dentaloida |
| Superfamily:
|
Dentaliacea |
| Family: |
Dentaliidae |
| Genus:
|
Dentalium |
| Species: |
Dentalium mantelli Zittel, 1864 |
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Shell minus animal. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
scaphopod |
| Specimen
56 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Subclass:
|
Pteriomorpha |
| Order:
|
Arcoida |
| Superfamily: |
Limnopsacea |
| Family:
|
Limnopsidae
|
| Genus:
|
Limnopsis |
| Species: |
Limnopsis parma Marwick, 1929 |
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Shell; conjoined valves with matrix infilling.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
bivalve |
| Specimen
57 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CNIDARIA |
|
| Class: |
Anthozoa |
| Subclass:
|
Zoantharia
|
| Order:
|
Zoanthiniaria |
| Family: |
Pennatulacea
|
| Species: |
Gen., & sp. indet.
|
| Locality:
|
Ardlogie Station limepit,
Meyers Pass, South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Partial calcareous internal skeleton. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 16.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
coral |
| Specimen
58 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ARTHROPODA |
|
| Subphylum: |
Crustacea |
| Class:
|
Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 |
| Order:
|
Thoracica Darwin, 1854 |
| Suborder: |
Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 |
| Family:
|
Balanidae Leach, 1817
|
| Subfamily:
|
Megabalaninae Newman, 1979
|
| Genus:
|
Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979 |
| Subgenus:
|
Notomegabalanus Newman, 1979 |
| Species: |
Austromegabalanus (Notomegabalanus) decorus argyllensis
Buckeridge, 1983 |
| Locality:
|
Porewa Shellbed, Wanganui Coast, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Nukumaruan Stage – Pleistocene |
| Preservation:
|
Shell complete. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 01.09.1995 |
| Common name: |
barnacle |
| Specimen
59 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CHORDATA |
|
| Class: |
Aves |
| Order:
|
Dinornithiformes |
| Family:
|
Dinornithidae |
| Genus: |
Dinornis Owen |
| Species: |
Dinornis novaezealandiae Owen, 1843 |
| Locality:
|
Rangitiki River bank, Onepui, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Late Pleistocene |
| Preservation:
|
Bone. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 26.12.2001 |
| Common name: |
moa (bird) |
| Specimen
60 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ECHINODERMATA |
|
| Class: |
Stelleroidia |
| Subclass:
|
Ophiuroidea |
| Order:
|
Phrynophiurida |
| Suborder: |
Euryalina
|
| Species: |
Fam., gen. & sp. indet.
|
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Internal calcite skeleton ossicles. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
echinoderm |
| Specimen
61 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
CHORDATA |
|
| Subphylum: |
Vertebrata |
| Superclass:
|
Pisces |
| Class:
|
Chondrichthyes
|
| Subclass: |
Elasmobrachii |
| Infraclass:
|
Osteodonta |
| Family:
|
Chimaeridae |
| Species: |
Gen. & Sp. indet. |
| Locality:
|
Kaawa Creek Shelbed, Port Waikato, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Opoitan Stage – middle Pliocene |
| Preservation:
|
Phosphatised ghost shark grinding teeth. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 10.06.1997 |
| Common name: |
shark's teeth |
| Specimen
62 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Bivalvia & Gastropoda (one picture of each)
|
| Species: |
Fam., gen. & sp. indet.
|
| Locality:
|
Waikawau Cast Beds, Port Waikato, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Otaian Stage – early Miocene |
| Preservation:
|
Internal matrix casts
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 18.05.1997 |
| Common name: |
molluscs |
| Specimen
63 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
BRACHIOPODA |
|
| Class: |
Articulata |
| Order:
|
Terebratulida |
| Family:
|
Terebratulidae
|
| Species: |
Gen. & sp. indet.
|
| Locality:
|
Hurstlea Limepit, Hakataramea Valley,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Conjoined shells. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 17.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
brachiopod |
| Specimen
64 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
PLANTAE |
|
| Fossil amber; tree gum |
| Species: |
Fam., gen. & sp. Indet.
|
| Locality:
|
East Huntly, Waikato, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Runungan Stage - late Eocene |
| Preservation:
|
Resin. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 09.10.1994 |
| Common name: |
amber or gum |
| Specimen
65 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
ECHINODERMATA |
|
| Class: |
Stelleroidia |
| Subclass:
|
Asteroidea |
| Family:
|
Goniasteridae |
| Species: |
Gen. & sp. Indet.
|
| Locality:
|
Ardlogie Station limepit, Meyers Pass,
South Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Disarticulated calcite skeletal ossicles. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 16.11.1996 |
| Common name: |
echinoderm |
| Specimen
66 CENOZOIC: |
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| ICHNOFOSSIL |
|
| Bioturbation - animal feeding/locomotory burrowing structure. |
| Locality:
|
Karamu Quarry, Pirongia, West Waikato, N. Z. |
| Age:
|
Duntroonian Stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Limestone cast in-situ. |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 04.04.1999 |
| Common name: |
trace fossil |
| Specimen
67 CENOZOIC: |
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| ICHNOFOSSIL |
|
| Paramudra
|
| Animal burrow infilled, then exhumed from ‘country’
rock. |
| Locality: |
Wakapirau, Kaipara
Harbour, North Auckland, N. Z.
|
| Age: |
Piripauan Stage – late Cretaceous
|
| Preservation:
|
Chert; silicified burrow and calcitic infill.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 19.11.1988
|
| Common name: |
trace fossil |
| Specimen
68 CENOZOIC: |
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Subclass:
|
Pteriomorpha |
| Order:
|
Pterioida |
| Suborder: |
Pteriina |
| Superfamily:
|
Pectinacea |
| Family:
|
Pectinidae |
| Genus:
|
Philopecten |
| Species: |
Phialopecten marwicki (Beu, 1970) |
| Locality:
|
Awapapa Limestone, Te Mata Peak,
Havelock North, Hawke Bay, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Waipipian Stage – late Pliocene
|
| Preservation:
|
Shell.
|
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle – 18.11.1989 |
| Common name: |
bivalve |
| Specimen
69 CENOZOIC: |
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| |
| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
|
| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Subclass:
|
Pteriomorpha |
| Order:
|
Pterioida |
| Suborder: |
Pteriina |
| Superfamily:
|
Pectinacea |
| Family:
|
Pectinidae |
| Genus:
|
Serripecten |
| Species: |
Serripecten hutchinsoni (Hutton, 1873) |
| Locality:
|
Cavendish Limestone Quarry,
Mt Somers, Canterbury, N. Z.
|
| Age:
|
Waitakian Stage – late Oligocene |
| Preservation:
|
Single valve (shell). |
| Collected:
|
Michael K. Eagle -11.01.2003
|
| Common name: |
bivalve |
| Specimen
101: |
| top
| |
| (this is not actually a fossil but an example of the type of thing in the fossil record) |
| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
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| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Modern pholad bivalves which have bored into a piece of rock from a coastal shore platform. Pholads use the edge of their shells to mechanically drill/cut into the rock. Fossil examples like this image exist in rocks from the Wanganui Basin. |
| Specimen
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
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| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| This
specimen shows gastropod shells which have accumulated in muddy
sediment, and then been 'current aligned', i.e., the movement
of the water has turned them so they face the same direction.
This specimen comes from the Cenozoic of New Zealand. Image
shown in both plan and cross-sectional views. See also specimens
14 and 21.
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| Specimen
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
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| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Scallop shells embedded in a sandy limestone, from Cenozoic sediments of Hawke's Bay. |
| Specimen
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| Phylum: |
MOLLUSCA |
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| Class: |
Bivalvia |
| Jurassic
bivalves, Buchia sp. (see also specimens
16 ). This specimen is formed from casts and molds.
These fossils are often found in the Port Waikato area. |
| Specimen
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| Trace
fossil (see also specimen
66). |
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Tracks in sandstone. Probably made by an echnoderm (like a sea urchin or kina) grazing on organic detritus on a sandy sea floor. These tracks can be see in Waitamata Group sediments, dated at about 20-18 million years old. |
| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protophyta) |
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| Division:
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Chrysophyta |
| Class:
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Coccolithophyceae |
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Miocene age carbonate mud made up of the plates of coccoliths (marine algae) from the Reticulofenstrids group (DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea) |
| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protophyta) |
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| Division:
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Chrysophyta
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| Class:
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Coccolithophyceae |
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Miocene age carbonate mud made up of the plates of coccoliths (marine algae) from the Reticulofenstrids group (DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea) |
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia |
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| Superphylum:
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Invertebrata |
| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Subphylum:
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Crustacea
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| Class:
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Ostracoda |
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A Miocene age ostracod from DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea |
| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protozoa) |
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| Phylum:
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Foraminifera
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| Subphylum:
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Rhizopoda
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| Class:
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Granuloreticulosea
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| Order:
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Foraminiferida |
| Family:
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Cibicididae Cushman, 1927 |
| Genus:
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Cibicidoides
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| Species:
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Cibicidoides cenop Woodruff 1984 |
| Locality:
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DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea |
| Age:
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Late Miocene |
| Preservation:
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calcite shell |
| Processed by:
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Penelope Cooke - 1998
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This species is benthic - it lives on the seafloor sediments |
| Common name: |
benthic foram - these are single-celled animals that make a shell from calcium carbonate |
| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista
(Protozoa) |
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| Phylum:
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Foraminifera
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| Subphylum:
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Rhizopoda
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| Class:
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Granuloreticulosea
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| Order:
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Foraminiferida
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| Family:
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Globigerinidae Carpenter, Parker and Jones 1862
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| Genus:
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Globigerina
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| Species:
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Globigerina
bulloides |
| Locality:
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DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea
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| Age:
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Late Miocene
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| Preservation:
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calcite shell
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| Processed by:
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Penelope Cooke - 1998
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This species is planktic - it lives in the surface waters |
| Common name: |
planktic foram - these are single-celled animals that make a shell from calcium carbonate |
| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protozoa)
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| Phylum:
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Foraminifera
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| Subphylum:
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Rhizopoda
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| Class:
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Granuloreticulosea
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| Order:
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Foraminiferida
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| Family:
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Globorotaliidae Cushman, 1927
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| Genus:
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Globoconella
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| Species:
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Globoconella
miotumida |
| Locality:
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DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea
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| Age:
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Late Miocene
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| Preservation:
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calcite shell
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| Processed by:
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Penelope Cooke - 1998
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This species is planktic - it lives in the surface waters |
| Common name: |
planktic foram - these are single-celled animals that make a shell from calcium carbonate |
| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protozoa)
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| Phylum:
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Foraminifera
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| Subphylum:
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Rhizopoda
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| Class:
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Granuloreticulosea
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| Order:
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Foraminiferida
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| Family:
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Globigerinidae Carpenter, Parker and Jones 1862
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Subfamily:
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Orbulininae Schultze 1854
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| Genus:
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Orbulina
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| Species:
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Orbulina
universa |
| Locality:
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DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea
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| Age:
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Late Miocene
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| Preservation:
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calcite shell
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| Processed by:
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Penelope Cooke - 1998 |
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This species is planktic - it lives in the surface waters
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| Common name: |
planktic foram - these are single-celled animals that make a shell from calcium carbonate |
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protophyta)
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| Division:
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Chrysophyta
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| Genus:
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Bolboforma |
| Species:
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Bolboforma praeintermedia |
| Locality:
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DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea
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| Age:
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Late Miocene
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| Preservation:
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calcite shell
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| Processed by:
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Martin Crundwell - 1998
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This group of microfossils is interesting as we don't really know what they are - we think they are algae.
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| Specimen
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| Kingdom:
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Protoctista (Protophyta)
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| Division:
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Chrysophyta
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| Genus:
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Bolboforma
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| Species:
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Bolboforma
capsula |
| Locality:
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DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea
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| Age:
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Late Miocene
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| Preservation:
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calcite shell
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| Processed by:
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Martin Crundwell - 1998
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This group of microfossils is interesting as we don't really know what they are - we think they are algae.
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