Conway River (Paleocene to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 53.2° S, 158.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Amuri Limestone Formation, Teurian to Teurian (66.0 - 46.2 Ma)

• base of Amuri Limestone, age unclear, upper Mata or Dannevirke series

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• phosphatic zone in quartz sand at the base of Amuri Limestone

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 88996: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
"? Dasmosmilia spissa n. sp." = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"? Dasmosmilia spissa n. sp." = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral