White Rock River (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as J39/f0376

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.4° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° S, 178.3° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Southburn Sand Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 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 219744: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sparidae indet.
Actinopteri
 Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Waitakia robusta, Hemerocoetes whiroki, Hemerocoetes minutus
Waitakia robusta Schwarzhans 1980
Hemerocoetes whiroki Schwarzhans 2019
Hemerocoetes minutus Schwarzhans 1980
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis ornatus, Tonganago coplandi, Blachea semeniformis
Gnathophis ornatus Frost 1928 conger eel
Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans et al. 2017 conger eel
Blachea semeniformis Schwarzhans 2019 conger eel
 Gadiformes - Macruronidae
Macruronus pukeuriensis
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Auchenoceros bicaudatus, "Pseudophycis pseudomegalops" = Austrophycis pseudomegalops, Lotella matata n. sp.
"Pseudophycis pseudomegalops" = Austrophycis pseudomegalops Schwarzhans 1980
Lotella matata n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Gadiformes - Euclichthyidae
Euclichthys novaezeelandiae
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Optivus moko
Optivus moko Schwarzhans et al. 2017
 Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis finlayi
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
 Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Uranoscopus tectiformis n. sp.
Uranoscopus tectiformis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Cirrhitiformes - Cheilodactylidae
Nemadactylus trulliformis n. sp.
Nemadactylus trulliformis n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus maxwelli
Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Thalasseloetridae
Grahamichthys frigophila
Grahamichthys frigophila Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus
"? Pomadasys longicaudatus" = Pomadasyidarum longicaudatus Schwarzhans 1980 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Evynnis abax n. sp.
Evynnis abax n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata
Acropoma serrata Frost 1934
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillaginodes albisaxosus n. sp., Sillago recta
Sillaginodes albisaxosus n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
Sillago recta Schwarzhans 1980
 Acanthomorphata - Kuhliidae
Kuhlia sp.
Kuhlia sp. Gill 1861
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Bidenichthys struthersi n. sp.
Bidenichthys struthersi n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor, Encheliophis strigosus
"Echiodon praecursor" = Carapus praecursor Schwarzhans 1980
Encheliophis strigosus Schwarzhans 2019
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Aseraggodes hudsoni n. sp.
Aseraggodes hudsoni n. sp. Schwarzhans 2019 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus longus, Caulopsetta arnoglossoides
Arnoglossus longus Schwarzhans 1980 flatfish
Caulopsetta arnoglossoides Schwarzhans 1999 flatfish
 Scombriformes - Nomeidae
Cubiceps sp.
Cubiceps sp. Lowe 1843
 Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
Waitahana sagittiformis
Waitahana sagittiformis Schwarzhans 1980
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sprattus nitidus, "Etrumeus incisiareatus" = Clupeidarum incisiareatus
"Etrumeus incisiareatus" = Clupeidarum incisiareatus Schwarzhans 1980 herring