N 14 Hokianga, Mitimiti: Altonian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina virgosa
Squires 1958
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Cyphastrea cf. chalcidicum
(Forskal 1775)
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Notocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) orientalis
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum pavoninum
Lesson 1831
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subsp. distinctum | ||||||||||
Flabellum rubrum
(Quoy and Gaimard 1833)
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recombined as Monomyces rubrum | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Astreopora cf. hochstetteri
(Reuss 1867)
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys cf. grayi
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Dictyarea sp.
(Reuss 1867)
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Squires 1962 | |||||||||
original and current combination Dictyaraea | ||||||||||
Goniopora sp.
Blainville 1830
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand | State/province: | Auckland |
Coordinates: | 35.4° South, 173.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° South, 175.2° 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: | 18.70000 - 15.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: detrital material maybe of reef origin | |
Environment: | perireef or subreef |
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: | 85534 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-01-07 06:13:09 | Last modified: | 2009-05-04 03:45:23 |
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] |