Hawkes Bay (Pliocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Whakaari

Where: New Zealand (39.4° 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 173741: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 13.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Macropora grandis Hutton 1873
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
 Cheilostomata - Tubucellariidae
Tubiporella magnirostris MacGillivray 1883
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae