Te Piki outcrop (Quaternary to of New Zealand)

Also known as Y14/f7505A

Where: North Island, New Zealand (37.6° S, 178.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 178.1° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Haweran to Haweran (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219640: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis umbrellabius Whitley 1948 conger eel
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Pseudophycis breviuscula Richardson 1846
 Blenniiformes - Tripterygiidae
"Matanui bathytaton" = Forsterygion bathytaton
"Matanui bathytaton" = Forsterygion bathytaton Hardy 1989
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Aseraggodes sp. Kaup 1858 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae Günther 1862 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Rhombosoleidae
Rhombosolea retiaria Hutton 1873 flatfish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus declivis Jenyns 1841
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillago ciliata Cuvier 1829
 Labriformes - Labridae
Notolabrus celidotus Bloch and Schneider 1801
Bodianus sp. Bloch 1790
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola haastii Hector 1881 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Pagrus auratus Forster 1801 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Nomeidae
Cubiceps sp. Lowe 1843
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctodes hectoris Günther 1876 lanternfish