Nelson Rock and Mineral Club
Stage |
Species |
Comment |
Otapirian |
Clavigera tumida Otapiria dissimilis Maoritrigonia sp. Terebratula sp. |
Identification of several specimens needs confirmation |
Warepan |
Monotis (Entomonotis) richmondiana Monotis sp. Monotis (Maorimonotis) calvata unnamed Ammonite |
Identification of Monotis to species level is uncertain due to within-species variability. |
Otamitan |
Manticula problematica Triaphorus zealandicus Rhacophyllites debilis Pleurotomaria (Sisenna) hectori Proclydonautilus mandevillei Poroa arata ? Hokonuia limaeformis Mysidioptera riceae Mysidioptera globularis Raha spectabilis Retzia sp. |
Identification of P. arata needs to be confirmed. |
Oretian |
Hokonuia limaeformis Oreti coxi |
Oretian age is uncertain, since both species also occur in the Otamitan |
Kaihikuan |
Alipunctifera kaihikuana Patella nelsonensis Mentzeliopsis spinosa Daonella apteryx Spiriferina trechmanni Dielasma zealandica Rhynchonella zealandica Maoritrigonia sp. Oxycolpella (Athyris) kaihikuana Terebratula sp. Agonisca corbiensis ? Eoheteropora maorica Isocrinus cuprea |
Identification of A corbiensis needs to be confirmed. The anthozoa, Eoheteropora maorica, is a new record for this site; three specimens have so far been recovered. |
Other/undefined |
Cucullaea wellmani Psioidiella conjuncta Spiriferina type Spirifera carolinae ? Unnamed bivalve Unnamed crinoid Lima or Pectin sp |
C. wellmani and P. conjuncta are recorded as Oretian, but need to be confirmed |