N28, GS 1285 Coral Point, Kaipara: Altonian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora pistillata
(Esper 1797)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Plesiastreidae
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Plesiastrea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Leptastreidae
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Leptastrea cf. transversa
Klunzinger 1879
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Notocyathus conicus
(Alcock 1902)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum rubrum
(Quoy and Gaimard 1833)
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| recombined as Monomyces rubrum | ||||||||||
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Flabellum pavoninum
Lesson 1831
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| subsp. distinctum | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Platygyra sp.
Ehrenberg 1834
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
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Cyphastrea cf. chalcidicum
(Forskal 1775)
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina virgosa n. sp.
Squires 1958
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Turbinaria sp.
Oken 1815
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) alta
Tenison-Woods 1880
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Auckland |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° South, 174.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° South, 176.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Coral Point Beds" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: dark tuffaceous grit, rapid change in rock types and much disruption of the strata, variation from muddy tuffs to coarse volcanic breccia | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
| Geology comments: detrital material maybe of reef origin | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85536 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-07 06:49:37 | Last modified: | 2009-04-30 07:29:12 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29819. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 28919 | D. F. Squires. 1962. Additional Cretaceous and Tertiary corals from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology 1(9):133-150 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |