KE/f62 Dayrell 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: Dayrell Formation (Herald Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• fallen block from the upper part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone

• mid-outer shelf
• rhodolith and bioclastic limestone

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 85101: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina sp.
Celleporina sp. Gray 1848
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Pecten sp.
? Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama "sp. A"
Chama "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium bechei
Nemocardium bechei Reeve 1847 cockle
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816