Ihungia Stream (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Z16/f6378

Where: New Zealand (38.2° S, 178.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 179.4° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Kapitean (6.5 - 5.3 Ma)

• Lower Miocene age stated in text,Kapiteane age stated in NPC database

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. W. Keyes. 1972. New records of the Elasmobranch C. Megalodon (Agassiz) and a review of the genus Carcharodon in the New Zealand fossil record. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 15(2):228-242 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162461: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 25.09.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Repository in Gisborne Museum.
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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
"Scopelus excisus" = Diaphus excisus, "Scopelus cassidiformis n. sp." = Diaphus cassidiformis, "Scopelus marwicki n. sp." = Diaphus marwicki, "Scopelus circularis" = Hygophum circularis, "Scopelus konganaruensis n. sp." = Antimyctophum konganaruensis, "Scopelus concentricus" = Benthosema concentricus
"Scopelus excisus" = Diaphus excisus Frost 1934 lanternfish
"Scopelus cassidiformis n. sp." = Diaphus cassidiformis Frost 1934 lanternfish
"Scopelus marwicki n. sp." = Diaphus marwicki Frost 1934 lanternfish
"Scopelus circularis" = Hygophum circularis Frost 1924 lanternfish
"Scopelus konganaruensis n. sp." = Antimyctophum konganaruensis Frost 1934 lanternfish
"Scopelus concentricus" = Benthosema concentricus Frost 1934 lanternfish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
"Sparidarum sigmoidalis n. sp." = Lactarius sigmoidalis
"Sparidarum sigmoidalis n. sp." = Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Congridarum carinatus n. sp., "Congridarum mysticus n. sp." = Bathycongrus mysticus
Congridarum carinatus n. sp. Frost 1934 conger eel
"Congridarum mysticus n. sp." = Bathycongrus mysticus Frost 1934 conger eel
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon