S44, GS 3159 Alexander Street cutting, Greymouth (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.5° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 174.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clifdenian (15.9 - 13.7 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 89022: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.04.2009, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp.1
Isurus sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancillina wellmani n. sp.2
Ancillina wellmani n. sp.2 Maxwell 1978 olive snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Notocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) pedicellatus, Caryophyllia cf. lamellifera, Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) ixine
Notocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) pedicellatus Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral
Caryophyllia cf. lamellifera Moseley 1881 stony coral
Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) ixine Squires 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum Quoy and Gaimard 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia alta, Enallopsammia sp.
Balanophyllia alta Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral
Enallopsammia sp. Michelotti 1871 stony coral
1Chapman 1918; 2Maxwell 1978