Matakohe (Cretaceous of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (36.1° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 63.4° S, 179.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Otamatea Formation, Piripauan (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 89001: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.04.2009
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Wellsia cyathiformis" = Wellsotrochus cyathiformis
"Wellsia cyathiformis" = Wellsotrochus cyathiformis Squires 1958 stony coral | |
? Deltocyathus complanatus n. sp.
? Deltocyathus complanatus n. sp. Squires 1958 stony coral | |