Parengarenga Harbour north shore (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as N02/f0243

Where: North Shore, New Zealand (34.5° S, 172.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° S, 174.7° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, brown sandstone

• Weathered, slightly glauconitic brown sandstone with scattered molluscs and concretions.

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 219524: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Polyipnus plebeius Grenfell 1984
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus aff. perspicillatoides Brzobohaty and Nolf 1995 lanternfish
Diaphus tenax n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Diaphus curvatus Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Diaphus exilis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Hygophum circularis Frost 1924 lanternfish
Benthosema minutum Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Protomyctophum ahunga Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
"Sirembo obesus" = Sirembinorum obesus Grenfell 1984
Neobythites lindqvisti Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Saccogaster parengarenga n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor, Echiodon teres
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
Echiodon teres Schwarzhans 2019
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
? Apogon asciforme Cardinalfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Caulopsetta arnoglossoides Schwarzhans 1999 flatfish
Arnoglossus novus Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
Arnoglossus longus Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius pusillus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Thalasseloetridae
Grahamichthys pectenoides Grenfell 1984 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola ambifaria Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cottidae
Maoricottus calidophilus Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillago recta Schwarzhans 1980
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis sp. Bleeker 1963
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Optivus moko Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Beryciformes - Berycidae
Centroberyx worthyi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Nezumia sagittiformis Frost 1934 grenadiers
"Coelorinchus demonstratus" = Coelorhynchus demonstratus Schwarzhans 1980 grenadiers
Coelorinchus divulgatus Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros prosoponus Grenfell 1984
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Lotella pfeili Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Euclichthyidae
 Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes minutus Schwarzhans 1980
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Rhynchoconger grantmackiei" = Congridarum grantmackiei, "Gnathophis carinatus" = Congridarum carinatus, Conger tokoroa
"Rhynchoconger grantmackiei" = Congridarum grantmackiei Grenfell 1984 conger eel
"Gnathophis carinatus" = Congridarum carinatus Frost 1934 conger eel
Conger tokoroa Schwarzhans 2019 conger eel
 Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel
 Scorpaeniformes - Hoplichthyidae
Gerridarum
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"? Gerres lacunum" = Gerridarum lacunum
"? Gerres lacunum" = Gerridarum lacunum Grenfell 1984