Wharekuri Creek (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as I40/f0035

Where: South Island, New Zealand (44.7° S, 170.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° S, 175.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

• Kekenodon beds, a lateral equivalent of the Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Duntroonian Stage

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•The Kekenodon Beds directly underlie the Otekaike Limestone and unconformably overlie the Wharekuri Greensand at a disconformity

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; glauconitic, quartzose, green, calcareous sandstone

• middle-shelf environment, with depths between 50 and 100 m
• the Kekenodon Beds are a grey to green, fossiliferous, massively to decimetre-bedded (30–60 m thick), calcareous, glauconitic quartz greensand

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. Hector. 1881. Notes on New Zealand Cetacea, recent and fossil. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 13:434-437 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45665: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.11.2004

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Taxonomic list

• This is one of two possible locations for the type specimen of Microcetus hectori. The other is Otekaike, where it is actually listed.
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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kekenodontidae
Kekenodon onamata n. gen. n. sp.
Kekenodon onamata n. gen. n. sp. Hector 1881 whale
 Cetacea -
Chaeomysticeti indet.3, "Lophocephalus parki" = Mauicetus parki1
Chaeomysticeti indet.3 Mitchell 1989 whale
NMNZ Ma 649 NMNZ Ma 651
"Lophocephalus parki" = Mauicetus parki1 Benham 1937 whale
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis ornatus4
Gnathophis ornatus4 Frost 1928 conger eel
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis4
Lactarius sigmoidalis4 Frost 1934 perch-like fish
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorinchus preaustralis4
Coelorinchus preaustralis4 Schwarzhans 2019 grenadiers
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Tumidocarcinus dentatus n. sp.2
Tumidocarcinus dentatus n. sp.2 Glaessner 1960 crab
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Harpactocarcinus tumidus n. sp.5
Harpactocarcinus tumidus n. sp.5 Woodward 1876 crab
1Fordyce 1980; 2Glaessner 1960; 3Marx et al. 2019; 4Schwarzhans 2019; 5Woodward 1876