Also known as S10/f9
Where: North Island, New Zealand (36.7° S, 175.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° S, 179.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Torehina Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• late Oligocene: Duntroonian or Duntroonian to mid-Waitakian
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. K. Eagle and B. W. Hayward. 1993. Oligocene paleontology and palaeoecology of Waitete Bay, Northern Coromandel Peninsula. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30:13-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205950: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Lima paleata file clam | |
Janupecten uttleyi scallop
Lentipecten hochstetteri Zittel 1864 scallop
Mesopeplum burnetti scallop
Athlopecten athleta scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Magasella cf. sanguinea Leach 1814 | |
Malacostraca | |
Tumidocarcinus cf. tumidus Woodward 1876 crab | |
Thecostraca | |
Tasmanobalanus acutus barnacle | |
Crinoidea | |
Nielsenicrinus waiteteensis n. sp.
Nielsenicrinus waiteteensis n. sp. Eagle 1993 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Goniocidaris hebe pencil urchin | |
"Lovenia tuberculata" = Hemipatagus tuberculatus
"Lovenia tuberculata" = Hemipatagus tuberculatus Peron and Gauthier 1885 heart urchin | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888 eagle ray | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark |