Pareora Formation.
The following fossils have been obtained in the beds belonging to this formation:—
Mammalia.—Cetacea: In the lower Waipara, several vertebræ; also, portions of lower jaw. In Westland, at Kanieri, and the Waimea, a number of bones.
Mollusca.—Class Pteropoda.
Fossils. |
Authority. |
Localities. |
Dentalium Mantelli |
Zittel |
Waitaki, Waihao, Mt. Harris |
Dentalium irregularis |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Dentalium lævis |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Dentalium solidum |
Hutton |
Pareora, White Rock River Waikari, Mount Harris |
Dentalium giganteum |
Sowerby |
Waikari, Waitaki |
Dentalium conicum |
Hutton |
Broken river |
Class Gasteropoda.
Fossils. |
Authority. |
Localities. |
Murex, sp. |
— |
Mount Harris, Pareora |
Typhis hebetans |
Hutton |
Mount Harris |
Turbinella brevirostris |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Fusue tegens |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Fusue plicatilis |
Hutton |
Pareora |
Fusue dentatus |
Hutton |
Mount Harris |
Fusue Australia |
Hutton |
Waitaki |
Fusue dilatatus |
Quoy |
White Rock River |
Fusue Crawfordi |
Hutton |
Mount Harris |
Fusue colus (?) |
Linn. |
White Rock Riverpage 320 |
Neptunea mandarinus |
Duclos |
White Rock River |
Neptunea nodosus, var. r |
Quoy |
White Rock River |
Neptunea (Sipho) costatus |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Acus nitida |
Hinds |
White Rock River |
Pleurotoma Buchanani |
Hutton |
White Rock River, Pareora |
Pleurotoma Awamoensis |
Hutton |
Mount Harris, Pareora |
Pleurotoma Wanganuensis |
Hutton |
White Rock River, Waikari |
Drillia fusiformis |
Hutton |
Mount Harris, Pareora |
Defranchia excavata |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Clavatula Haasti |
Hutton |
White Rock River, Mt. Harris, Pareora |
Bela robusta |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Buccinum Robinsonii |
Zittel |
Kanieri |
Buccinum inflatum |
Hutton |
Kanieri, White Rock River |
Buccinum carinatum |
Hutton |
Broken River, Waikari |
Triton minimus |
Hutton |
Pareora |
Triton Spengleri |
Chemnitz |
Waitaki |
Cominolla subnodosa |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Cominolla ordinatis |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Ancillaria Hebera |
Hutton |
Waitaki, Pareora, Waikari |
Ancillaria sp. undetermined, probably Australis |
– |
White Rock River |
Ancillaria pomahaka |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Voluta pacifica, var. r |
Hutton |
Mount Harris |
Voluta pacifica, var. C. |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Voluta corrugata |
Hutton |
Waikari, Kanieri |
Voluta pseudorarispina |
McCoy |
Broken River |
Voluta subplicata |
Hutton |
Mount Harris |
Turbinella brevirostris |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Mitra apicalis |
Hutton |
Mount Harris, Waitaki |
Mitra Enysii |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Marginella albescens |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Cassidaria sulcata |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Natica Zealandica |
Quoy |
White Rock River |
Natica solida |
Sowerby |
Kanieri, Waipara Gorge, White Rock River |
Natica ovata |
Hutton |
Common |
Sigaretes subglobosus |
Sowerby |
Waitaki |
Sigaretes carinatus |
Hutton |
White Rock River, Pareora |
Scalaria Brownii |
Zittel |
White Rock River, Pareora |
Eulima acciculata |
Pease |
White Rock River, Pareora |
Conus ornatus |
Hutton |
Waitaki |
Conus Trailli |
Hutton |
Waitaki, White Rock River |
Struthiolaria cincta |
Hutton |
Common |
Struthiolaria tuberculata |
Hutton |
Broken River, White Rock River |
Struthiolaria scutaluta |
Desh. |
Waitaki |
Cerithium rugatum |
Hutton |
White Rock River, Waikari, Pareora |
Cerithium nodulosum |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Turitella rosea |
Quoy |
Broken River, White Rock Riverpage 321 |
Turitella Haustator concava |
Hutton |
White Rock River, Waitaki Broken River |
Turitella tricincta |
Hutton |
Waikari |
Turitella tricincta var. B. |
Hutton |
Waitaki |
Turitella bicincta |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Turitella gigantea |
Hutton |
Common |
Calyptræa maculata |
Quoy |
Common |
Trochita dilatata |
Zittel |
Waipara Gorge, White Rock River |
Crypta costata |
Desh. |
Waipara Gorge, White Rock River |
Crypta contorta |
Quoy |
Pareora, Broken River |
Crypta incurva |
Zittel |
Waipara Gorge |
Crypta profunda |
Hutton |
Common |
Trochus granosus |
Lamark |
Kanieri |
Turbo superbus |
Zittel |
Broken River |
Turbo imperialis |
Zittel |
Broken River |
Turbo Stolizkii |
Zittel |
Pareora |
Cyclostrema helicoides |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Cladapoda monilifera |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Gibbula, sp. |
— |
Pareora |
Class Lamellibranchiata.
Panopæa Zelandica |
Quoy |
Kanieri |
Panopæa Worthingtoni |
Hutton |
Mount Harris, Waitaki Point, Pareora |
Saxicava arctica |
Linn. |
Tengawai, Waipara Gorge |
Corbula dubia |
Hutton |
Motanau |
Corbula sulcata |
Hutton |
Mount Harris |
Mactra inflata |
Hutton |
Motanau, Waipara Gorge |
Mactra scalpellum |
Desh. |
White Rock River |
Lutraria solida |
Hutton |
Lower Waipara, Kanieri |
Lutraria sulcata |
Hutton |
Motanau |
Zenatia acinacis |
Quoy |
Tengawai |
Psammobia lineolata |
Gray |
Motanau, White Rock River, Pareora |
Psammobia sp. |
— |
Waitaki |
Tellina sp. |
— |
Pareora |
Chione vellicata |
Hutton |
Common |
Chione Stuchburgi |
Gray |
Waitaki |
Chione Yatii |
Gray |
Broken River |
Cytheria Enysi |
Hutton |
Lower Waipara, Broken River, White Rock River |
Callista elegans |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Dosinia subrosea |
Gray |
Common |
Dosinia Grayi |
Zittel |
Motanau, Lower Waipara. Gorge |
Dosinia magna |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Tapes intermedia |
Quoy |
Motanau |
Tapes curta |
Hutton |
Broken Riverpage 322 |
Cardium striatulum |
Sowerby |
Motanau |
Cardium spathiosum |
Hutton |
Broken River, Mount Harris |
Venericardia intermedia |
Hutton |
Waitaki, Lower Waipara Pareora |
Lucina divaricata |
Lamark |
Pareora |
Crassatella ampla |
Zittel |
Broken River |
Crassatella attenuata |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Crassatella Trailli |
Hutton |
Mount Harris, Pareora |
Modiola albicosta |
Lamark |
Lower Gorge Waipara |
Modiola sp. |
— |
Lower Gorge Waipara |
Arca sp. |
— |
Broken River |
Pinna sp. |
— |
Motauau |
Trigonia pectinata (?) |
— |
Pareora |
Cucullæa ponderosa var. B |
Hutton |
Waikari, Broken River, Pareora |
Cucullæa Worthingtoni |
Hutton |
Waitaki |
Cucullæa alta |
Sowerby |
Common |
Pectunculus laticostatus |
Quoy |
Common |
Pectunculus globosus |
Hutton |
Common |
Limopsis insolita |
Sowerby |
Mount Harris |
Limopsis Zealandica |
Hutton |
Waitaki, Tengawai |
Solenella Australis |
Zittel |
Mount Harris |
Leda semiteres |
Hutton |
Waihao |
Pecten scandula |
Hutton |
Kanieri |
Pecten secta |
Hutton |
Kanieri, Motanau |
Pecten Hochstetteri |
Zittel |
Waitaki |
Pecten accrementa |
Hutton |
Motanau |
Lima crassa |
Hutton |
Lower Gorge Waipara, Pareora |
Lima colorata |
Hutton |
Pareora |
Placunanomia sp. |
— |
Waitaki, Rangitata |
Ostrea Nelsoniana |
Zittel |
Motanau, Lower Waipara |
Anomia trigonopsis |
Hutton |
White Rock River |
Class Brachiopoda.
Rhynchonella squamosa |
Hutton |
Broken River |
Rhynchonella nigricans |
Sowerby |
Waihao |
Waldheimia lenticularis |
Desh. |
Waitaki |
Annuloida.—Class Echinodermata.
Astropecten Sandersoni |
Hutton |
Waikari |
Echinus sp. |
— |
White Rock River |
Arachnoides Zealandiæ |
Gray |
Double Corner |
Actinozoa.
Turbinolia sp. |
— |
Broken River |