Long Beach, Clifden: Altonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
? Cladangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Elops miocaenicus Frost 1924
Frost 1928
recombined as Paraulopus miocaenicus
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Fierasfer nuntius Koken 1891
Frost 1928
recombined as Carapus nuntius
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidarum gregarius (Koken 1891)
Frost 1924
original and current combination Pagellus gregarius
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Congridarum ornatus n. sp. Frost 1928
Frost 1928
recombined as Gnathophis ornatus
Congridarum clifdenensis n. sp. Frost 1928
Frost 1928
Ophidium pantanelli Bassoli 1906
Frost 1924
recombined as Rhynchoconger pantanelli
Congeris rectus n. sp. Frost 1928
Frost 1928
recombined as Uroconger rectus
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Congeris wharekuriensis Frost 1928
Frost 1928
unclassified
Percidarum frequens Koken 1891
Frost 1928
Percidarum plebejus Koken 1891
Frost 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Southland
Coordinates: 46.0° South, 167.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.7° South, 178.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: corals attached to oysters and other molluscs
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85538
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-07 07:30:40 Last modified:2009-01-07 09:32:42
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28919. D. F. Squires. 1962. Additional Cretaceous and Tertiary corals from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology 1(9):133-150 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

70611 G. A. Frost. 1924. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 55:605-614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
70610 G. A. Frost. 1928. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand, and from Balcombe Bay, Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:91-97 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]