S146 Hampden Beach (Eocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (45.3° S, 170.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° S, 167.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bortonian (42.6 - 39.1 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 89021: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus astericus n. sp. Squires 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora granulata Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Trochocyathus lemniscatus n. sp." = Trochocyathus speciosus, Trochocyathus lakii, Desmophyllum sp., "Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) tatei" = Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger, Caryophyllia clavus
"Trochocyathus lemniscatus n. sp." = Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860 stony coral
Trochocyathus lakii Duncan 1880 stony coral
Desmophyllum sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) tatei" = Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger Marenzeller 1888 stony coral
Caryophyllia clavus Scacchi 1835 stony coral
subsp. zelandiae
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral
subsp. circulare