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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Notocyathus conicus Alcock 1902 stony coral
"Tethocyathus paliscus n. sp." = Trochocyathus paliscus Squires 1962 stony coral
Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller 1888 stony coral | |
Flabellum planus n. sp. Squires 1962 stony coral
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum Quoy and Gaimard 1833 stony coral |