Hampden Beah cliffs (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J42/f0334, f0335, f0336, f0337, f0342, f0344, f0346, f0347, f0351, f0352, f0353, f0356, f0358

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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)

• Upper 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 219511: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Eomyctophum porokawa n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
 Lophiiformes - Ogcocephalidae
Dibranchus kakahoensis Schwarzhans 2019 anglerfish
 Perciformes - Liparidae
? Liparis hampdenensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma aurora Schwarzhans 2019
 Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Paraulopus rallus Schwarzhans 2019