Kaipara Harbour: Altonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis carinatus (Frost 1934)
original and current combination Congridarum carinatus
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides (Schwarzhans 1980)
original and current combination Notoscopelus scopelopsoides
Ceratoscopelus richardsoni Schwarzhans 2019
Symbolophorus prionotus Grenfell 1984
Diaphus audax Schwarzhans 2019
Diaphus curvatus (Schwarzhans 1980)
Diaphus aff. perspicillatoides Brzobohaty and Nolf 1995
Diaphus kaiparaensis Schwarzhans 2019
Lampanyctus profestus Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Epigonidae
Epigonus aquilonius Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata (Frost 1934)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Physiculus beui Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadiculus adversus Schwarzhans 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:North Island
Coordinates: 36.2° South, 174.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° South, 176.6° East
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Altonian
Age range of interval:18.70000 - 15.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hukatere Sandstone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Q08/f9687D
Database number:219527
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-12 16:00:12 Last modified:2021-04-12 16:00:12
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-12 16:00:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
76272. 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]