PBDB Collection

North Canterbury (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Weka Pass

Where: New Zealand (43.0° S, 172.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 176.3° W)

When: Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• base of the uppermost Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation

•just above the Hinnites Shellbed

•"E" Limestone (acc. to Thomson)

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow, sandy limestone

• yellowish, friable, fossiliferous, sandy limestone which yields large numbers of free Polyzoa

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 173830: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 19.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae	Holoporella tridenticulata Holoporella tridenticulata Busk 1881
Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae	Porella marsupium, Porella ? concreta Porella marsupium MacGillivray 1869 Porella ? concreta Brown 1952
Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae	Escharoides angela Escharoides angela Hutton 1873
Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae	Arachnopusia unicornis, Arachnopusia bugei n. sp. Arachnopusia unicornis Hutton 1873 Arachnopusia bugei n. sp. Brown 1952
Cheilostomata - Microporidae	Selenaria cf. cupola, Selenaria nitida, Micropora coriacea Selenaria cf. cupola Tenison-Woods 1880 Selenaria cupola spiralis Selenaria nitida Maplestone 1909 Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae	Macropora grandis, Odontionella cyclops Macropora grandis Hutton 1873 Macropora grandis forma urceolata, originally described by Hutton as Lepralia urceolata Odontionella cyclops Busk 1854
Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae	Patsyella dentata, Chaperia cf. cristata, Chaperia rubida, Chaperia galeata Patsyella dentata Waters 1887 Chaperia cf. cristata Busk 1884 Chaperia rubida Hincks 1881 Chaperia galeata Busk 1854 Chaperia galeata waiparaensis n. ssp.
Cheilostomata - Calloporidae	Valdemunitella pyrula, Amphiblestrum trifolium, Crassimarginatella sileni, Ellisina pyriformis Valdemunitella pyrula Hincks 1881 Amphiblestrum trifolium Wood 1844 Crassimarginatella sileni Brown 1952 Ellisina pyriformis Canu and Bassler 1935
Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae	Figularia huttoni, Figularia cf. tenuicosta Figularia huttoni Brown 1952 Figularia cf. tenuicosta MacGillivray 1895
Cheilostomata - Escharinidae	Escharina waiparaensis n. sp. Escharina waiparaensis n. sp. Brown 1952
Cheilostomata - Didymosellidae	Didymosella larvalis Didymosella larvalis MacGillivray 1869
Cheilostomata - Celleporidae	Celleporina tiara, Celleporina lichenoporoides n. sp., "Cellepora" "sp. 1", "Cellepora" ? glomerata Celleporina tiara MacGillivray 1887 Celleporina lichenoporoides n. sp. Brown 1952 "Cellepora" "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1767 "Cellepora" ? glomerata MacGillivray 1887
Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae	"Retepora" bartrumi n. sp., "Retepora" avicularis "Retepora" bartrumi n. sp. Brown 1952 "Retepora" avicularis MacGillivray 1883
Cheilostomata - Adeonidae	Anarthropora biarmata Anarthropora biarmata Waters 1882
Cheilostomata - Petraliidae	Petraliella firmata Petraliella firmata Waters 1887
Cheilostomata - Smittinidae	Smittina purpurea Smittina purpurea Hincks 1881
Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae	Hippoporina pertusa Hippoporina pertusa Esper 1796
Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae	"Crepidacantha crinispina" = Crepidacantha poissonii crinispina "Crepidacantha crinispina" = Crepidacantha poissonii crinispina Levinsen 1909 Crepidacantha crinispina parvipora
Cheilostomata - Reteporidae	Iodictyum acanthoides n. sp., Hippellozoon novaezelandiae Iodictyum acanthoides n. sp. Brown 1952 Hippellozoon novaezelandiae Waters 1895
Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae	Spiroporina polypora, Spiroporina pentagona Spiroporina polypora Brown 1952 Spiroporina pentagona d'Orbigny 1842
Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae	Hippomenella bituberosa Hippomenella bituberosa Brown 1952
Cheilostomata - Cellariidae	Cellaria immersa, Cellaria tenuirostris Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880 Cellaria tenuirostris Busk 1852
Cheilostomata - Microporellidae	Microporella ciliata, Microporella hyadesi, Fenestrulina malusii Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766 Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888 Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae	"Schizoporella" glebosa, "Schizoporella" scissa n. sp., Chiastosella aff. granulata, Chiastosella porosa, Chiastosella diagonalis n. sp. "Schizoporella" glebosa Brown 1952 "Schizoporella" scissa n. sp. Brown 1952 Chiastosella aff. granulata MacGillivray 1895 Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935 Chiastosella diagonalis n. sp. Brown 1952
Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae	Hippopodina feegeensis Hippopodina feegeensis Busk 1884
Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae	Membranipora tuberculata Membranipora tuberculata Bosc 1802 Membranipora tuberculata tuberosa
Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae	Hippothoa distans Hippothoa distans MacGillivray 1869
Cheilostomata - Umbonulidae	Umbonula bicuspis Umbonula bicuspis Hincks 1883