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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli
"Ophidium pantanelli" = Rhynchoconger pantanelli Bassoli 1906 conger eel | |
Dentex aff. subnobilis Schubert 1906 perch-like fish | |
Sparidarum gregarius Koken 1891 | |
"Fierasfer nuntius" = Carapus nuntius
"Fierasfer nuntius" = Carapus nuntius Koken 1891 |