Trap Creek ( of New Zealand)

Also known as I38/f0037

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.2° S, 170.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 176.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Mount Harris Formation, Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue siltstone

• blue-grey siltstone with sparse fossils

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 219577: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus lautus Schwarzhans 2019 flatfish
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis fatuus Schwarzhans 1980
Parapercis depressidorsalis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
"Symphysanodon ornatus" = Paralactarius ornatus
"Symphysanodon ornatus" = Paralactarius ornatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus preaustralis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus Schwarzhans 1980 conger eel