GS 3340, S51 Kumara (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.6° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° S, 173.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lillburnian (13.7 - 12.7 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 89099: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia clavus Scacchi 1835 stony coral
subsp. coronatus