Sisters Creek North Branch ( of New Zealand)

Also known as I40/f0405

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.6° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 176.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Waitakian (25.2 - 21.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• Weathered calcareous marl overlying limestone.

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 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 219580: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus Schwarzhans 1980 conger eel
 Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
Lesueurina transoceana
Lesueurina transoceana Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
"Etrumeus incisiareatus" = Clupeidarum incisiareatus
"Etrumeus incisiareatus" = Clupeidarum incisiareatus Schwarzhans 1980 herring
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
"Paraulopus oligocenicus" = Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus
"Paraulopus oligocenicus" = Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus Schwarzhans 1980
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor, Carapus alleni
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
Carapus alleni Schwarzhans 1985
 Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae
Callionymus hakatarameaensis n. sp.
Callionymus hakatarameaensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus lautus
Arnoglossus lautus Schwarzhans 2019 flatfish
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus maxwelli
Platycephalus maxwelli 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
 Lophiiformes - Chaunacidae
Chaunax bucculentus n. sp.
Chaunax bucculentus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 anglerfish
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis fatuus, Parapercis depressidorsalis, Parapercis finlayi
Parapercis fatuus Schwarzhans 1980
Parapercis depressidorsalis Schwarzhans 2019
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus preaustralis
Coelorinchus preaustralis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Gadiformes - Moridae
"Auchenoceros otekaikensis" = Actuariolum otekaikensis
"Auchenoceros otekaikensis" = Actuariolum otekaikensis Schwarzhans 1980
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus audax n. sp.
Diaphus audax n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus aegrotus
Maurolicus aegrotus Schwarzhans 1980