Curiosity Shop, Rakaia River (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (43.6° S, 171.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° S, 176.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Berrydale Greensand Member (Omihi Formation), Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• Foraminifera indicate Duntroonian-Waitakian age (Andrews 1963). Greensand age often given as Waitakian (e.g. Keyes, 1972), but more recent papers (Lee & Wilson, 1979; MacKinnon et al., 1993) give age as Otaian. Stratigraphic unit is the Berrydale Greensand, according to Fryer (1999).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204195: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.09.2019, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Notosariidae
"Hemithyris antipoda n. sp." = Notosaria antipoda3
"Hemithyris antipoda n. sp." = Notosaria antipoda3 Thomson 1918
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Cyclaster posita1 Hutton 1873 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Pericosmus crawfordi1 Hutton 1873 heart urchin
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis plicatilis Davis 1888 eagle ray
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Lamna incurva" = Odontaspis incurva
"Lamna incurva" = Odontaspis incurva Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retroflexus2, Lamna bronnii2, "Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens2
Isurus retroflexus2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Lamna bronnii2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
"Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Lamna apiculata" = Otodus apiculatus2
"Lamna apiculata" = Otodus apiculatus2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark