SE of Opononi, Waimamaku River (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as O06/f0126

Where: North Island, New Zealand (35.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° S, 175.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

• Blue-grey siltstone with scattered molluscs and thin, irregular shelly lenses and beds.

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 Italianà 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 219521: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Howellidae
Howella monodens
Howella monodens Schwarzhans 2019
 Acanthomorphata - Epigonidae
Epigonus aquilonius
Epigonus aquilonius Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Bathygadus waiohaensis
Bathygadus waiohaensis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadiculus adversus
Gadiculus adversus Schwarzhans 2019
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Electrona subasperoides, Diaphus curvatus, Diaphus audax, Ceratoscopelus richardsoni, "Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides
Electrona subasperoides Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Diaphus curvatus Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Diaphus audax Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus richardsoni Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
"Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish