Waikaka Stream (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as F44/f9501

Where: South Island, New Zealand (45.8° S, 169.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 176.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 219619: 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
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes pukunati Schwarzhans 2019
Hemerocoetes whiroki Schwarzhans 2019
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger otapiriensis Frost 1934 conger eel