GS 1340, N97 Ngatapa (Miocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (38.6° S, 177.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 179.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tongaporutuan (11.6 - 6.5 Ma)

• 2000-3000 ft. above Waikokopu sandstone

• 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 89138: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.05.2009, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Moridae
? Laemonema sp.
? Laemonema sp. Guenther 1862
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Nezumia mangapariensis
Nezumia mangapariensis Schwarzhans 1980 grenadiers
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis
Lactarius sigmoidalis Frost 1934 perch-like fish
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Neobythitinae indet.
Neobythitinae indet. Radcliffe 1913
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
? Bolinichthys sp., Benthosema conentricum, Diaphus cassidiformis
? Bolinichthys sp. Paxton 1972 lanternfish
Diaphus cassidiformis Frost 1934 lanternfish
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia boschmai
Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst 1926 stony coral