N41/f567 - Maori Bay [J41/f9603b] (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: Auckland, New Zealand (36.8° S, 174.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.0° S, 179.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Waitemata Group, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• Middle Altonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• shallow volcanic gravel banks near active volcanoes
• rounded to subangular, pebble-bearing, cobble volcorudite, 2-3 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. W. Hayward. 1977. Lower Miocene corals from the Waitakere Ranges, North Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(1):99-111 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85526: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Alcyonacea - Isididae
Keratoisis tangentis
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea "sp. A", Leptastrea cf. transversa
Leptastrea "sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptastrea cf. transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
? Conosmilia sp., "Flabellum" sphenodeum, "Flabellum" "sp. A", "Flabellum distinctum" = Flabellum pavoninum
? Conosmilia sp. Duncan 1865 stony coral
"Flabellum" "sp. A" Lesson 1831 stony coral
"Flabellum distinctum" = Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia japonica, Caryophyllia lamellifera
Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller 1888 stony coral
Caryophyllia lamellifera Moseley 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria "sp. A", Dendrophyllia boschmai, Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) alta
Turbinaria "sp. A" Oken 1815 stony coral
Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst 1926 stony coral
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) alta Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea "sp. B"
Plesiastrea "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Platyhelia distans
Platyhelia distans Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp., Cyphastrea "sp. A", Platygyra sp.
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea "sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina virgosa
Oculina virgosa Squires 1958 stony coral