Haugh's Quarry ( of New Zealand)

Also known as I40/f0329

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.7° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 176.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Otekaike Limestone Formation, Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

• Lower part of the Otekaike Limestone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, massive, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, green, yellow lime mudstone

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 219579: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sparidae indet., Paradiplospinus aichmeus
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Aureia rerehua n. gen. n. sp.
Aureia rerehua n. gen. n. sp. Meekin et al. 2024 toothed whale
OU22553
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Tonganago sagitticulcatus
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Gadiformes - Moridae
"Pseudophycis pseudomegalops" = Austrophycis pseudomegalops
"Pseudophycis pseudomegalops" = Austrophycis pseudomegalops Schwarzhans 1980
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus preaustralis
Coelorinchus preaustralis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Neobythites joenielseni
Neobythites joenielseni Schwarzhans 1994
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Eurypleuron sp.
Eurypleuron sp. Markle and Olney 1990
 Acanthomorphata - Emmelichthyidae
Emmelichthys tennysoni n. sp.
Emmelichthys tennysoni n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis fatuus
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
Parapercis fatuus Schwarzhans 1980
 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 - Bembropidae
Bembrops aequiformis n. sp.
Bembrops aequiformis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus maxwelli
Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Cirrhitiformes - Cheilodactylidae
Nemadactylus utoka n. sp.
Nemadactylus utoka n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Beryciformes - Berycidae
Centroberyx worthyi
Centroberyx worthyi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus curvatus
Diaphus curvatus Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
 Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
"Paraulopus oligocenicus" = Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus
"Paraulopus oligocenicus" = Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus Schwarzhans 1980
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Krebsiella diversa, Hemerocoetes pukunati, Hemerocoetes whiroki
Krebsiella diversa Schwarzhans 1980
Hemerocoetes pukunati Schwarzhans 2019
Hemerocoetes whiroki Schwarzhans 2019