North Canterbury (Miocene of New Zealand)
Also known as Dovedale Stream
Where: New Zealand (43.0° S, 173.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 178.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waiauan (13.1 - 11.0 Ma)
• this horizon is probably about the same as that of the Weka Pass beds, i.e. Waiauan (Middle Miocene) acc. to Prof. Mason
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; sandy limestone
• ?sub-littoral habitat
• The material is sugary and the Polyzoa quite free and easily removed
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 173831: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 19.10.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata | |
Escharella fistula Brown 1952 | |
Arachnopusia unicornis Hutton 1873 | |
Patsyella dentata Waters 1887 | |
Odontionella cyclops Busk 1854 | |
Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880 | |
Spiroporina pentagona d'Orbigny 1842 | |
Hippomenella vellicata Hutton 1873 | |
Smittinella woodi n. sp.
Smittinella woodi n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
"Retepora" avicularis MacGillivray 1883
Sertella dovedalensis n. sp. Brown 1952 |