N 28, GS 1189 Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara: Altonian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum pavoninum
Lesson 1831
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| subsp. distinctum | ||||||||||
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Flabellum planus n. sp.
Squires 1962
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Flabellum rubrum
(Quoy and Gaimard 1833)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Notocyathus conicus
(Alcock 1902)
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Caryophyllia japonica
Marenzeller 1888
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Tethocyathus paliscus n. sp.
Squires 1962
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Auckland |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° South, 174.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° South, 176.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Altonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.7 - 15.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pakaurangi |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: The Pakaurangi Formation consists mainly of silty sandstones, with occasional concretionary limestone bands and andesite-derived hydroclastic grits. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
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: | 85537 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-07 07:07:17 | Last modified: | 2009-04-30 07:40:47 |
| 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] |