Otekaieke special school ( of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 9517, I40/f9805

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 176.3° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Otekaike Limestone Formation, Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219336: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis ornatus, "Congridarum sagittisulcatus n. sp." = Tonganago sagittisulcatus
Gnathophis ornatus Frost 1928 conger eel
"Congridarum sagittisulcatus n. sp." = Tonganago sagittisulcatus Schwarzhans 1980 conger eel
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes minutus, Krebsiella diversa n. gen. n. sp.
Hemerocoetes minutus Schwarzhans 1980
Krebsiella diversa n. gen. n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus n. sp.
Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980
 Acanthomorphata - Leptoscopidae
Leptoscopus progressus, Lesueurina transoceana
Leptoscopus progressus Schwarzhans 1980
Lesueurina transoceana Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Actuariolum otekaikensis n. sp.
Actuariolum otekaikensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980
 Beryciformes - Berycidae
Centroberyx worthyi
Centroberyx worthyi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus lautus, Arnoglossus cf. longus
Arnoglossus lautus Schwarzhans 2019 flatfish
Arnoglossus cf. longus Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus praecursor n. sp.
Carapus praecursor n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis finlayi
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis, Paralactarius ornatus n. sp.
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish
Paralactarius ornatus n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus maxwelli n. sp.
Platycephalus maxwelli n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet.
Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus aegrotus
Maurolicus aegrotus Schwarzhans 1980