Hampden Beach cliffs (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J42/f0311, f0312, f0313, f0314, f0328

Where: New Zealand (45.3° S, 170.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° S, 167.5° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Bortonian (42.6 - 39.1 Ma)

• Lower Bortonian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa ItalianĂ  di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219510: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lophiiformes - Ogcocephalidae
Dibranchus kakahoensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 anglerfish
 Perciformes - Liparidae
? Liparis hampdenensis Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Neobythites sp. Goode and Bean 1885
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Nezumia morgansi n. sp. grenadiers