Also known as Reef 835
Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 175.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 175.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Local stage: Waitotaroan (lower Pliocene)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basin reef; poorly lithified bafflestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1964. Fossil coral thickets in Wairarapa, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 38:904-915 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34849: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.10.2003, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Lophelia parvisepta Tenison-Woods 1880 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea chilensis Philippi 1844 oyster | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
"Pratulum pulchellum" = Nemocardium (Pratulum)
"Pratulum pulchellum" = Nemocardium (Pratulum) cockle | |
Rhynchonellata | |