Kaipara Harbour (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Q08/f0584

Where: North Island, New Zealand (36.2° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 176.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Waiteroa Member (Pakaurangi Formation), Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal siltstone

• shelly, tuffaceous grey siltstone with macrofossils, scattered clasts and plant fragments.

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 219522: 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
 Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Paraulopus miocenicus
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Ceratoscopelus richardsoni, "Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides, Hintonia robertsi n. sp., "Benthosema regulare" = Scopelus regularis, Electrona subasperoides, Symbolophorus prionotus, Lampanyctus profestus n. sp., Diaphus aff. perspicillatoides, Diaphus kaiparaensis, Diaphus audax, Diaphus curvatus
Ceratoscopelus richardsoni Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
"Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Hintonia robertsi n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
"Benthosema regulare" = Scopelus regularis Frost 1934 lanternfish
Electrona subasperoides Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Symbolophorus prionotus Grenfell 1984 lanternfish
Lampanyctus profestus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. perspicillatoides Brzobohaty and Nolf 1995 lanternfish
Diaphus kaiparaensis Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Diaphus audax Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Diaphus curvatus Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Eurypleuron sp.
Eurypleuron sp. Markle and Olney 1990
 Acanthomorphata - Howellidae
Howella monodens n. sp.
Howella monodens n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis bispicatus
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaenidae indet.
Scorpaenidae indet. Risso 1827 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Acanthomorphata - Epigonidae
Epigonus aquilonius
Epigonus aquilonius Schwarzhans 2019
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Optivus moko
Optivus moko Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Beryciformes - Melamphaidae
Melamphaes leeae n. sp.
Melamphaes leeae n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus pakaurangiensis n. sp., Coelorinchus preaustralis
Coelorinchus pakaurangiensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
Coelorinchus preaustralis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Lotella matata, Physiculus beui, Auchenoceros bicaudatus
Lotella matata Schwarzhans 2019
Physiculus beui Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros prosoponus
Bregmaceros prosoponus Grenfell 1984
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadiculus adversus
Gadiculus adversus Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Melanonidae
Karrerichthys tenuis
Karrerichthys tenuis Stinton 1957
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Valenciennellus fastigatus
Valenciennellus fastigatus Schwarzhans 2019
 Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Gonostoma retunsum n. sp.
Gonostoma retunsum n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Scorpaeniformes -
"Antennarius suspectus" = Cottoideorum suspectus
"Antennarius suspectus" = Cottoideorum suspectus Schwarzhans 1980
 Scorpaeniformes - Hoplichthyidae
Hoplichthys multistriatus
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus, "Gnathophis carinatus" = Congridarum carinatus
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus Schwarzhans 1980 conger eel
"Gnathophis carinatus" = Congridarum carinatus Frost 1934 conger eel