Where: Otago, New Zealand (44.7° S, 170.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° S, 175.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wharekuri Greensand Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)
• Kekenodon Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85548: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.01.2009, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Graphularia longissima Squires 1958 sea pen | |
Oculina oamaruensis Park 1917 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) salpynx Squires 1958 stony coral | |
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Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) mantelli stony coral
Notocyathus conicus Alcock 1902 stony coral | |
Actinopteri | |
Congeris wharekuriensis n. sp.2
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Parapercis finlayi n. sp.1
Parapercis finlayi n. sp.1 Frost 1924 |