Fallon’s property (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J41/f8237

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 178.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Rifle Butts Siltstone Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

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 219598: 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
 Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
Waitahana sagittiformis, "Awamoa progressa" = Leptoscopus progressus
Waitahana sagittiformis Schwarzhans 1980
"Awamoa progressa" = Leptoscopus progressus Schwarzhans 1980
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sprattus nitidus
 Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Paraulopus miocenicus
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis, "Symphysanodon ornatus" = Paralactarius ornatus
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish
"Symphysanodon ornatus" = Paralactarius ornatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cottidae
"Maoricottus impolitus" = Cottidarum impolitus
"Maoricottus impolitus" = Cottidarum impolitus Schwarzhans 1980 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
 Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Uranoscopus tectiformis
Uranoscopus tectiformis Schwarzhans 2019
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis finlayi, Parapercis depressidorsalis
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
Parapercis depressidorsalis Schwarzhans 2019
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillaginodes albisaxosus
Sillaginodes albisaxosus Schwarzhans 2019
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus alleni, "Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor, Encheliophis strigosus n. sp., Echiodon teres n. sp.
Carapus alleni Schwarzhans 1985
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
Encheliophis strigosus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
Echiodon teres n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Caulopsetta arnoglossoides, Arnoglossus novus
Caulopsetta arnoglossoides Schwarzhans 1999 flatfish
Arnoglossus novus Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
 Gadiformes - Euclichthyidae
Euclichthys novaezeelandiae
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Auchenoceros bicaudatus
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus divulgatus, Lepidorhynchus frosti
Coelorinchus divulgatus Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
Lepidorhynchus frosti Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus marwicki, Diaphus curvatus, "Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides, Hygophum circularis
Diaphus marwicki Frost 1934 lanternfish
Diaphus curvatus Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
"Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Hygophum circularis Frost 1924 lanternfish
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Tonganago coplandi, "Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus, Gnathophis ornatus
Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans et al. 2017 conger eel
"Conger brevisulcus" = Congridarum brevisulcus Schwarzhans 1980 conger eel
Gnathophis ornatus Frost 1928 conger eel
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes minutus, Krebsiella diversa, Waitakia robusta
Hemerocoetes minutus Schwarzhans 1980
Krebsiella diversa Schwarzhans 1980
Waitakia robusta Schwarzhans 1980