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