Weka Pass (Miocene) (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (43.1° S, 172.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° S, 177.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

• calcareous greeensand

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204227: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon confertidens Chapman and Pritchard 1907