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Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealandi
Regional Level Types
Wairoa DistrictDistrict
Hawke's Bay RegionRegion
New ZealandCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Wairoa4,260 (2011)
Nuhaka342 (2011)
Frasertown302 (2011)
Tuai280 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
300696
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:300696:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Nouvelle-Zélande
German:
Wairoa District, Hawke’s Bay, Neuseeland
Italian:
Distretto di Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Nuova Zelanda
Cebuano:
Wairoa , Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Dutch:
Wairoa , Hawke's Bay, Nieuw-Zeeland
Macedonian:
Ваироа, Хоков Залив, Нов Зеланд
Malay:
Wairoa, Wilayah Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Polish:
Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Nowa Zelandia
Silesian:
Wairoa, Nowo Zylandyjo
Western Punjabi:
ضلع وائیروا, نیوزی لینڈ


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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Datolite9.AJ.20CaB(SiO4)(OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
BBoron
B DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
OOxygen
O DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
SiSilicon
Si DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
CaCalcium
Ca DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)

Fossils

There are 7 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences15
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Tahora285.8 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Corbicula
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Cyrenidae : Corbicula83.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chondrichthyes
class
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Squalus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Plagiostomi : Squalidae : Squalus85.8 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Osteichthyes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Cetacea
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Pelagornithidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelagornithidae3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Phocidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Tereingaornis moisleyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae : Tereingaornis : Tereingaornis moisleyi3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Plantae
kingdom
Plantae83.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polyphaga
suborder
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Polyphaga85.8 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phocarctos hookeri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Phocarctos : Phocarctos hookeri0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Melanopsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Melanopsidae : Melanopsis83.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Prionace : Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Megascyliorhinus cooperi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Parascylliidae : Megascyliorhinus : Megascyliorhinus cooperi3.6 - 3 Ma
Pliocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 7 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairoa
Wikidata ID:Q599594

Localities in this Region

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Australian Plate
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