Waikaia (Oligocene to of New Zealand)

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.7° S, 168.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 179.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Oligocene to Oligocene (33.9 - 5.3 Ma)

• Oamaru series

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Frost. 1924. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 55:605-614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205843: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli Bassoli 1906 conger eel
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex aff. subnobilis Schubert 1906 perch-like fish
 Spariformes - Sparidae
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Fierasfer nuntius" = Carapus nuntius
"Fierasfer nuntius" = Carapus nuntius Koken 1891