N41/f540 - Huia Stream [Waitemata Gp] (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: Auckland, New Zealand (37.0° S, 174.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 177.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Altonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• mass flow from near the top and down the sides of a slope
• rounded to subangular, fine pebble and granule volcorudite interbedded with volcarenites and volcolutites

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 85530: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum" sphenodeum
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Notocyathus euconicus
Notocyathus euconicus Squires 1962 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea cf. transversa
Leptastrea cf. transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina virgosa
Oculina virgosa Squires 1958 stony coral