GS 230, S2 Kaipuke Cliff (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (40.7° S, 172.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° S, 176.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Otaian (21.7 - 19.0 Ma)

• bed-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 89037: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Notocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) pedicellatus Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral