Oamaru, Beach Road section (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J41/f0387

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 178.4° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Mount Harris 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 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 219606: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Scorpaeniformes -
"Antennarius suspectus" = Cottoideorum suspectus
"Antennarius suspectus" = Cottoideorum suspectus Schwarzhans 1980
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes whiroki Schwarzhans 2019
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis ornatus Frost 1928 conger eel
 Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
"Awamoa progressa" = Leptoscopus progressus Schwarzhans 1980
Waitahana sagittiformis Schwarzhans 1980
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinella claviformis Schwarzhans 2019 herring
"Etrumeus incisiareatus" = Clupeidarum incisiareatus Schwarzhans 1980 herring
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
 Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Caulopsetta arnoglossoides Schwarzhans 1999 flatfish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
? Pseudocaranx pertenuis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Perciformes - Cottidae
Maoricottus ovatus Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillaginodes albisaxosus Schwarzhans 2019
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus preaustralis Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
Coelorinchus divulgatus Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
Lepidorhynchus frosti Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
 Gadiformes - Euclichthyidae
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Physiculus beui n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Macruronidae
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus popoto n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Protomyctophum ahunga Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Electrona subasperoides Schwarzhans 2019 lanternfish
Diaphus curvatus Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
Hygophum circularis Frost 1924 lanternfish
"Lampanyctodes scopelopsoides" = Notoscopelus scopelopsoides Schwarzhans 1980 lanternfish
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus aegrotus Schwarzhans 1980
Argyripnus oamaruensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019