KE/f59 Nugent Island (Pleistocene of New Zealand)

Where: Kermadec Islands, New Zealand (29.2° S, 177.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° S, 177.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Boat Cove Formation (Herald Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; volcaniclastic sandstone

• volcaniclastic gravelly sandstone and boulder conglomerate lens; corals in situ but did not form reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Brook. 1998. Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pleistocene submarine volcanic-sedimentary sequences at the northern Kermadec Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(2):235-257 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85095: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
? Spirobranchus sp.
? Spirobranchus sp. Blainville 1818
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus raoulensis
Spondylus raoulensis Oliver 1915 scallop
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea transversa
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna
"Coscinaraea columna" = Psammocora columna Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea australensis, Cyphastrea serailia
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816