Hedgehope Stream (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as F45/f0410

Where: South Island, New Zealand (46.1° S, 168.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 177.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Chatton Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; medium-grained, gray, green sandstone

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 219616: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
Evynnis abax Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans et al. 2017 conger eel