Head of Lake Waitaki (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as I40/f0401

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.7° S, 170.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° S, 175.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

• Kekenodon Beds, greensand with few thin shellbeds.

Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone

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 219569: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes whiroki n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
Waitakia robusta Schwarzhans 1980
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Notoconger devexus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 conger eel
Rhynchoconger otapiriensis Frost 1934 conger eel
 Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
Lesueurina transoceana Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
"Paraulopus oligocenicus" = Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus
"Paraulopus oligocenicus" = Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus Schwarzhans 1980
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus alleni Schwarzhans 1985
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Neobythites lindqvisti Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Suggrundus waitakiensis Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
"Symphysanodon ornatus" = Paralactarius ornatus, Lactarius sigmoidalis
"Symphysanodon ornatus" = Paralactarius ornatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus preaustralis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Gadiformes - Macruronidae