MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru (Eocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (45.1° S, 170.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 170.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ototara Limestone Formation, Runangan (36.0 - 34.3 Ma)

• PJW: Was given as Landon for age: but that is an outdated group name.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• base of the Kakanui (or Deborah) Limestone at its junction with the Deborah tuffs

•material is sugary; kakanui Limestone is a semicrystalline stone ranging in thickness from 2 to 22 feet, constructed mainly of the tests of Polyzoa

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405 [L. Liow/F. Franeck]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173838: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 19.10.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprotinidae
Chaperia parva n. sp., Chaperia columella n. sp., Chaperia delta n. sp.
Chaperia parva n. sp. Brown 1952 rudist
Chaperia columella n. sp. Brown 1952 rudist
Chaperia delta n. sp. Brown 1952 rudist
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Membranipora deborahae n. sp., Exostesia parki n. sp.
Membranipora deborahae n. sp. Brown 1952
Exostesia parki n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Hippopodina feegeensis
 Cheilostomata - Membranicellariidae
Omoiosia maorica
Omoiosia maorica Stoliczka 1865
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Adeona didymopora n. sp.
Adeona didymopora n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina oricelata n. sp.
Hippoporina oricelata n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Smittina bathydonta n. sp., Smittina crepidula n. sp.
Smittina bathydonta n. sp. Brown 1952
Smittina crepidula n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae
Spiroporina pentagona
Spiroporina pentagona d'Orbigny 1842
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Clithriellum oamaruense
 Cheilostomata - Porinidae
Porina tubulifera
Porina tubulifera MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
"Schizoporella" oviseparata n. sp., Chiastosella daedala
"Schizoporella" oviseparata n. sp. Brown 1952
Chiastosella daedala MacGillivray 1882
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Palmicellaria ? finlayi, Celleporina granum
Celleporina granum Hincks 1881
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
""Retepora" "sp. 2"" = Reteporella
""Retepora" "sp. 2"" = Reteporella Busk 1884
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Syringotrema minutum n. sp., Cellaria contigua, Melicerita angustiloba, Cellaria adamantina n. sp.
Syringotrema minutum n. sp. Brown 1952
Cellaria contigua MacGillivray 1895
Melicerita angustiloba Tenison-Woods 1862
Cellaria adamantina n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Crassimarginatella macdonaldi n. sp., Foveolaria marwicki n. sp., "Amphiblestrum willetti n. sp." = Pyriporoides willetti, Valdemunitella pyrula
Foveolaria marwicki n. sp. Brown 1952
"Amphiblestrum willetti n. sp." = Pyriporoides willetti Brown 1952
Valdemunitella pyrula Hincks 1881
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Micropora coriacea, Rosseliana pulchra n. sp.
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
Rosseliana pulchra n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Odontionella cyclops, Aspidostoma curvatum, Aspidostoma turricula n. sp.
Aspidostoma curvatum Uttley 1949
Aspidostoma turricula n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharoides suggestus n. sp.
Escharoides suggestus n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Figularia echinoides n. sp.
Figularia echinoides n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliidae
"Lepralia" otakauensis n. sp.
"Lepralia" otakauensis n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae
Hippothoa distans
Hippothoa distans MacGillivray 1869