N 28, GS 1189 Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: Auckland, New Zealand (36.2° S, 174.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 176.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pakaurangi Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic

• The Pakaurangi Formation consists mainly of silty sandstones, with occasional concretionary limestone bands and andesite-derived hydroclastic grits.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85537: 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 planus n. sp., Flabellum pavoninum, "Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum
Flabellum planus n. sp. Squires 1962 stony coral
Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral
subsp. distinctum
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum Quoy and Gaimard 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia japonica, "Tethocyathus paliscus n. sp." = Trochocyathus paliscus, Notocyathus conicus
Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller 1888 stony coral
"Tethocyathus paliscus n. sp." = Trochocyathus paliscus Squires 1962 stony coral
Notocyathus conicus Alcock 1902 stony coral