Trap Creek ( of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 9569, I38/f7748

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.2° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 176.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219273: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish