New Upper Cretaceous Cardiidae (Bivalvia) from New Zealand and New Caledonia

1 July 1978

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research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Vol. 21 (4) , 505-515
https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1978.10424075

Abstract

The Mata Series (Piripauan-Haumurian; Upper Santonian-Maastrichtian) of New Zealand contains Austrocardium acherontis n. gen. et sp. The new genus Austrocardium is characterised by radial ornament consisting of a few raised keeled costae and a siphonal margin not gaping or digitate. The genus Schedocardia Stewart, hitherto reported from the Paleocene onwards, may be represented in the Mata Series by the poorly preserved Schedocardia ? waiparana n. sp. “Acanthocardia (s.s.) acuticostata” Freneix, 1958 (non d'Orbigny, 1842) from the Senonia:1 Formation à charbons of New Caledonia, is redescribed as the new species Cardium (Bucardium) lillei n. sp., distinct from Cardium (Bucardium) acuticostatum (d'Orbigny, 1842) from the Quiriquina beds (Maastrichtian) of Chile. A lectotype from d'Orbigny's type collection is selected for the Chilean species.

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