Island Creek (Oligocene of New Zealand)
Also known as Y16/f0367
Where: North Island, New Zealand (38.0° S, 178.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 177.1° W)
When: Ihungia Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Hutchinsonian, upper Oligocene
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
• mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204336: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
"Serranidarum serratus n. sp." = Acropoma serrata
"Serranidarum serratus n. sp." = Acropoma serrata Frost 1934 | |
Macrurus toulai, "Macrurus sagittiformis n. sp." = Nezumia sagittiformis
Macrurus toulai Schubert 1906 grenadiers
"Macrurus sagittiformis n. sp." = Nezumia sagittiformis Frost 1934 grenadiers | |
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Macruronus pukeuriensis Frost 1924 | |
"Macruridarum latisulcatus n. sp." = Karrerichthys latisulcatus
"Macruridarum latisulcatus n. sp." = Karrerichthys latisulcatus Frost 1934 | |
"Scopelus marwicki" = Diaphus marwicki, Scopelus laminatus n. sp., "Scopelus concentricus n. sp." = Benthosema concentricus
"Scopelus marwicki" = Diaphus marwicki Frost 1934 lanternfish
Scopelus laminatus n. sp. Frost 1934 lanternfish
"Scopelus concentricus n. sp." = Benthosema concentricus Frost 1934 lanternfish | |
| Osteichthyes | |
Cyclopterus trifoliatus n. sp.
Cyclopterus trifoliatus n. sp. Frost 1934 ray-finned fish | |