Coleridge Gully: Miocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Isurus minutus (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman 1918
original and current combination Oxyrhina minuta
Oxyrhina fastigiata (Davis 1888)
synonym of Oxyrhina minuta
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Cestracion coleridgensis n. sp. Chapman 1918
Chapman 1918
Cestracion novozelandicus n. sp. Chapman 1918
Chapman 1918
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Galeocerdo aculeatus n. sp. Davis 1888
recombined as Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis contoridens
Chapman 1918
Odontaspis exigua Davis 1888
Lamna incurva Davis 1888
recombined as Odontaspis incurva
Lamna attenuata Davis 1888
recombined as Odontaspis attenuata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz 1838)
Chapman 1918
synonym of Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Lamna lanceolata Davis 1888
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata
Trygon ensifer Davis 1888
recombined as Ikamauius ensiler
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus primigenius Agassiz 1835
recombined as Notorhynchus primigenius
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon depressus Chapman and Prtichard 1907
Chapman 1918
recombined as Nummopalatus depressus
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sargus laticonus Davis 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:Canterbury
Coordinates: 43.3° South, 171.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° South, 178.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Pareora System, Awatere series, Oamaru Formation
Mount Brown Series
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Coleridge Creek
Database number:202913
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-07-23 09:16:34 Last modified:2019-09-03 16:25:50
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-23 09:16:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15452. J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

19495 F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]