Also known as Reef 3905
Where: Kermadec Islands, New Zealand (29.2° S, 177.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° S, 177.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Boat Cove Formation (Herald Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• upper formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and volcaniclastic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. J. Brook. 1998. Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pleistocene submarine volcanic-sedimentary sequences at the northern Kermadec Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(2):235-257 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85092: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Celleporina sp. Gray 1848 | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus raoulensis Oliver 1915 scallop | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Sedentaria | |
Serpulidae "indet. A" Rafinesque 1835 | |
Anthozoa | |
Cyphastrea serailia, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Leptoria phrygia, "Favia ? speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Goniastrea australensis, Favites flexuosa
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia ? speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith 1890 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Cycloseris ? vaughani Boschma 1923 stony coral | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 |