Hawkes Bay (Pliocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Napier

Where: New Zealand (39.5° S, 176.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° S, 177.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• no clear evidence of the horizon from which the specimens were collected

•maybe Petane Series

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Petane Series: coarse sandstone and shell-limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405 [L. Liow/F. Franeck]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173737: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 13.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Electridae
Electra ongleyi Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Odontionella cyclops Busk 1854
Odontionella cyclops; Odontionella cyclops tessellata
Macropora grandis Hutton 1873
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Figularia spinea Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella neozelanica Busk 1861
Steginoporella neozelanica magnifica
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae
Chaperia acanthina Lamouroux 1824
Chaperia multifida Busk 1884
Chaperia colensoi Brown 1952
Chaperia rubida Hincks 1881
Patsyella dentata Waters 1887
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Porella marsupium MacGillivray 1869
Porella marsupium; Porella marsupium porifera
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharella fistula Brown 1952
Exochella jellyae Brown 1952
Exochella conjuncta n. sp. Brown 1952
Escharoides angela Hutton 1873
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
 Cheilostomata - Thalamoporellidae
Opaeophora lepida Hincks 1881
 Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae
Hippothoa hyalina Linnaeus 1767
Hippothoa hyalina tuberculata
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina diadema
Celleporina diadema angustipora
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888
Microporella speculum n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Hippomenella bituberosa n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
 Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
"Crepidacantha crinispina" = Crepidacantha poissonii crinispina
"Crepidacantha crinispina" = Crepidacantha poissonii crinispina Levinsen 1909
Crepidacantha crinispina parvipora
 Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
Petraliella firmata Waters 1887
 Cheilostomata - Cryptosulidae
Cryptosula pallasiana Moll 1803
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