Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge (Eocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J40/f0231

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 169.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: upper Member (Waihao Greensand Formation), Kaiatan (39.1 - 36.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 219512: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
"Zonobythites ovalis" = Monomitopus ovalis
"Zonobythites ovalis" = Monomitopus ovalis Schwarzhans 1980
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
"? Morone dentata" = Serranidarum dentatus
"? Morone dentata" = Serranidarum dentatus Schwarzhans 1980 Cardinalfish
 Beryciformes -
"Centroberyx pulcher" = Trachichthodes pulcher
"Centroberyx pulcher" = Trachichthodes pulcher Schwarzhans 1980
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros antiquus Schwarzhans 1980
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Bathycongrus waihaoensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 conger eel