Waitete Bay: Chattian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Asteroidea indet.
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Bryozoa indet.
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Loveniidae
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Lovenia tuberculata
(Peron and Gauthier 1885)
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| original and current combination Tuberaster tuberculatus | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Eupatagus rostratus
d'Archiac 1850
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| subspecies zitteli | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Goniocidaris hebe
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Cainocrinidae
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Nielsenicrinus waiteteensis n. sp.
Eagle 1993
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Eagle 1993 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis plicatilis
Davis 1888
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Odontaspis elegans
(Agassiz 1838)
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| synonym of Otodus macrotus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Lentipecten hochstetteri
Zittel 1864
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Mesopeplum burnetti
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Janupecten uttleyi
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Athlopecten athleta
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima paleata
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratellidae
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Neothyris cf. novara
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Magasella cf. sanguinea
(Leach 1814)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Tumidocarcinidae
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Tumidocarcinus cf. tumidus
(Woodward 1876)
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| original and current combination Harpactocarcinus tumidus | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Tasmanobalanus acutus
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | North Island |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° South, 175.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° South, 179.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Torehina | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Oligocene: Duntroonian or Duntroonian to mid-Waitakian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: limestone unit | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
| Geology comments: sheltered marine environment at deep inner shelf depths (20-50m) | |
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: | S10/f9 | ||
| Database number: | 205950 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-25 17:38:23 | Last modified: | 2019-10-25 17:40:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-25 17:38:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70621. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 70164 | M. K. Eagle. 1993. A new fossil isocrinid crinoid from the Oligocene of Waitete Bay, Northern Coromandel. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30:1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |