Pukekio, Chatham Island (Paleocene to of New Zealand)

Also known as New Zealand Fossil Record CH/f477

Where: Chatham Island, New Zealand (44.0° S, 176.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.8° S, 148.3° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Red Bluff Tuff Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, graded, calcareous conglomerate and conglomerate

• a predominantly calcareous palagonite tuff of basaltic composition, with beds of lapillistone and tuff-breccia well-bedded, with cross bedding, graded bedding and water sorting.

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical,

• Only bryozoans

Primary reference: D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 1999. Latest Paleocene to earliest Eocene bryozoans from Chatham Island, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London: Geology Series 55(1):1-45 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7221: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Tubuliporata - Cinctiporidae
Cinctipora solomoni n. sp., ? Attinopora sp.
Cinctipora solomoni n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
? Attinopora sp. Boardman et al. 1992
 Tubuliporata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatoporina sp.
 Tubuliporata - Oncousoeciidae
? Oncousoecia sp.
 Tubuliporata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp.
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Tubuliporata - Tubuliporidae
? Idmidronea sp.
? Idmidronea sp. Canu and Bassler 1920
 Tubuliporata - Heteroporidae
? Tetrocycloecia sp.
 Tubuliporata - Cerioporidae
Ceriopora rekohuensis n. sp.
Ceriopora rekohuensis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Tubuliporata - Lichenoporidae
Disporella sp.
Gymnolaemata
 Ctenostomata - Immergentiidae
Immergentia sp.
 Cheilostomata - Kleidionellidae
? Pavobeisselina sp.
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Smitticellaria morioriana n. gen. n. sp., Cellaria minus n. sp., Cellaria elementaria n. sp., Cellaria aff. depressa, Cellaria perexigua n. sp., ? Escharicellaria sp.
Smitticellaria morioriana n. gen. n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Cellaria minus n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Cellaria elementaria n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Cellaria aff. depressa Maplestone 1900
Cellaria perexigua n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Arachnopusia gracilis n. sp.
Arachnopusia gracilis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
? Exochella gracilis n. sp., ? Escharoides crassa n. sp., Hippopleurifera australis n. sp.
? Exochella gracilis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
? Escharoides crassa n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Hippopleurifera australis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Chataimulosia primaeva n. gen. n. sp.
Chataimulosia primaeva n. gen. n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Micropora quadriporosa n. sp., Caleschara sp.
Micropora quadriporosa n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Caleschara sp. MacGillivray 1880
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Aspidostoma cinnabarina n. sp., Aspidostoma litotes n. sp., Melychocella cynura n. gen. n. sp.
Aspidostoma cinnabarina n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Aspidostoma litotes n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Melychocella cynura n. gen. n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
? Onychocella sp., Onychocella ? lamellosa, Inversaria gondwanae n. sp., Ogiva incompta n. sp., "Chondriovelum fossilis n. sp." = Nudicella fossilis, Hoplitaechmella sp.
? Onychocella sp. Jullien 1882
Onychocella ? lamellosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
Inversaria gondwanae n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
Ogiva incompta n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
"Chondriovelum fossilis n. sp." = Nudicella fossilis Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Flustrellaria australis n. sp.
Flustrellaria australis n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999
 Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
Akatopora chathamica n. sp.
Akatopora chathamica n. sp. Gordon and Taylor 1999