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: Dayrell Formation (Herald Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• lower part of the 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 85098: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Alcyonacea indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora spongiosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ? divaricata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Pocillopora ? eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith 1890 stony coral | |
Goniastrea australensis, Hydnophora pilosa, Leptoria phrygia, Favites sp., Favites flexuosa, Cyphastrea serailia, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, "Favia ? speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Hydnophora pilosa Veron 1985 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia ? speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Culicia ? rubeola stony coral | |
Scolymia australis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Turbinaria radicalis Bernard 1896 stony coral
Rhizopsammia cf. verrilli stony coral | |
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Cycloseris ? vaughani Boschma 1923 stony coral | |
Pavona minuta Wells 1954 stony coral
Leptoseris yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Celleporina sp. Gray 1848 | |
Gastropoda | |
Patella kermadecensis limpet | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Clanculus cf. stigmatarius top snail | |
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Antisabia cf. foliacea Quoy and Gaimard 1834 hoof shell | |
"Cypraea cernica" = Erosaria cernica
"Cypraea cernica" = Erosaria cernica Sowerby 1870 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam | |
Chlamys cellularis scallop
Spondylus raoulensis Oliver 1915 scallop | |
Sedentaria | |
Serpulidae "indet. A" Rafinesque 1835
Serpulidae "indet. B" Rafinesque 1835
? Spirobranchus sp. Blainville 1818 | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 |