Awamoa Creek: Altonian, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sparidae indet.
Schwarzhans 2019
Paradiplospinus aichmeus
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Hemerocoetes whiroki Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Hemerocoetes minutus Schwarzhans 1980
Schwarzhans 2019
Waitakia robusta Schwarzhans 1980
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Blachea semeniformis Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Gnathophis ornatus (Frost 1928)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Etrumeus incisiareatus (Schwarzhans 1980)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Clupeidarum incisiareatus
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Hygophum aff. circularis (Frost 1924)
Protomyctophum ahunga Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Electrona subasperoides Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Diaphus marwicki (Frost 1934)
Schwarzhans 2019
Diaphus (Lamprossa) curvatus Schwarzhans 1980
recombined as Diaphus curvatus
Benthosema regulare (Frost 1934)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Scopelus regularis
? Notoscopelus scopelopsoies n. sp.
Actinopteri - Leptoscopidae
Waitahana sagittiformis (Schwarzhans 1980)
Schwarzhans 2019
Awamoa progressa (Schwarzhans 1980)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Leptoscopus progressus
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Neobythites joenielseni Schwarzhans 1994
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Echiodon praecursor (Schwarzhans 1980)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Carapus praecursor
Carapus alleni Schwarzhans 1985
Schwarzhans 2019
Carapus exiguus (Stinton 1956)
recombined as Onuxodon exiguus
Echiodon teres Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Rhombocitharus novaezeelandiae Schwarzhans 1999
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Caulopsetta arnoglossoides Schwarzhans 1999
Schwarzhans 2019
Taeniopsetta dorsolobata
Schwarzhans 2019
Grammatobothus awamoaensis Schwarzhans 1999
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Nomeidae
Cubiceps sp. Lowe 1843
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
Parapercis pareoraensis Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Acropomatidae
Acropoma serrata (Frost 1934)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Platycephalus sp. Bloch 1795
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sigmoidalis (Frost 1934)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cottidae
Maoricottus impolitus (Schwarzhans 1980)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Cottidarum impolitus
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Melanonidae
Karrerichthys tenuis (Stinton 1957)
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Pseudophycis pseudomegalops (Schwarzhans 1980)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Austrophycis pseudomegalops
Actuariolum biaudatum
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros minutus Stinton 1957
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850
Gadiculus adversus Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Euclichthyidae
Euclichthys novaezeelandiae (Frost 1924)
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macruronidae
Macruronus pukeuriensis (Frost 1924)
Schwarzhans 2019
original and current combination Merluccius pukeuriensis
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Lepidorhynchus frosti Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Ventrifossa sagittiformis (Frost 1934)
recombined as Nezumia sagittiformis
Coelorhynchus australis (Richardson 1839)
Coelorhynchus toulai (Schubert 1906)
original and current combination Macrurus toulai
Coelorinchus divulgatus Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Chlorophthalmus miocenicus (Frost 1924)
recombined as Paraulopus miocaenicus
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus aegrotus n. sp. Schwarzhans 1980
Argyripnus oamaruensis Schwarzhans 2019
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Margrethia glareosa
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Argentina subfrigida Schwarzhans 1980
Schwarzhans 2019
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogenium obesum
Schwarzhans 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:South Island County:North Otago
Coordinates: 45.1° South, 170.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.0° South, 178.4° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Altonian
Age range of interval:18.70000 - 15.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rifle Butts Siltstone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:GS 9520, J41/f8029
Database number:219341
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-06 16:18:49 Last modified:2021-04-06 16:19:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-06 16:18:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
76191. W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

76272 W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]