N2, North Mathesons Bay (R09/f137, L17567) (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (36.3° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° S, 177.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waitemata Group, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Early Otaian

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• 0-0.1 m of lenticular, shelly sandstone or shell hash limestone in shallow depressions atop the underlying units or infilling matrix between boulders in the top of the boulder breccia (part of pebbly coquina facies of Ricketts et al. 1989, upper unit of Kawau Subgroup);

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. K. Eagle, B. W. Hayward, J. A. Grant-Mackie and M. R. Gregory. 1999. Fossil communities in an Early Miocene transgressive sequence, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, Auckland. Tane (37)43-67 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Phyllacanthus titan
Phyllacanthus titan pencil urchin
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
Notosaria antipoda
Notosaria antipoda Thomson 1918
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Magasella neozelandica
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Marguetta sp.
Marguetta sp. Jullien et al. 1903
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Maoricolpus waitemataensis
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Serripecten hutchinsoni
Serripecten hutchinsoni Hutton 1873 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Crenostrea gittosina" = Pycnodonte (Crenostrea)
"Crenostrea gittosina" = Pycnodonte (Crenostrea) oyster
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Bathylasmatidae
Bathylasma aucklandicum
Bathylasma aucklandicum Hector 1888 barnacle
Anthozoa
 Alcyonacea - Isididae
Keratoisis dactyla
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet.
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea cf. transversa
Leptastrea cf. transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral