N41/f555 - Kelly's Creek [Waitemata Gp]: Altonian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Plesiastreidae
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Plesiastrea informal sp. A
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Plesiastrea informal sp. B
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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"Flabellum" informal sp. A
Lesson 1831
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Flabellum distinctum
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Flabellum pavoninum | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Caryophyllia lamellifera
Moseley 1881
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Caryophyllia japonica
Marenzeller 1888
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Notocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) orientalis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Platyhelia distans
Tenison-Woods 1880
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cyphastrea informal sp. A
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina virgosa
Squires 1958
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Alveopora polyacantha
Reuss 1867
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora pistillata
(Esper 1797)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Dendrophyllia boschmai
van der Horst 1926
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) alta
Tenison-Woods 1880
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Turbinaria informal sp. B
Oken 1815
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Gorgonacea
- Parisididae
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Parisis fruticosa
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Hydrozoa
- Stylasterina
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Distichopora sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Auckland |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° South, 174.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° South, 176.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Geological group: | Waitemata | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Altonian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: crudely graded, subrounded boulder- and cobble-bearing, angular to subrounded, fine pebble and granule volcorudite, 3 m thick | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: shallow volcanic gravel banks near active volcanoes | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85527 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-07 02:17:14 | Last modified: | 2014-05-02 20:28:20 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-01-07 02:17:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28916. | B. W. Hayward. 1977. Lower Miocene corals from the Waitakere Ranges, North Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(1):99-111 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |