North Canterbury (Miocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Weka Pass

Where: New Zealand (43.0° S, 172.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 176.3° W)

When: Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation, Altonian (19.0 - 15.9 Ma)

• base of the uppermost Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation

•just above the Hinnites Shellbed

•"E" Limestone (acc. to Thomson)

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow, sandy limestone

• yellowish, friable, fossiliferous, sandy limestone which yields large numbers of free 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 173830: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 19.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Didymosellidae
Didymosella larvalis
Didymosella larvalis MacGillivray 1869
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Membranipora tuberculata
Membranipora tuberculata Bosc 1802
Membranipora tuberculata tuberosa
 Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina waiparaensis n. sp.
Escharina waiparaensis n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Ellisinidae
Ellisina pyriformis
Ellisina pyriformis Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Valdemunitella pyrula, Crassimarginatella sileni, Amphiblestrum trifolium
 Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae
Patsyella dentata, Chaperia rubida, Chaperia cf. cristata, Chaperia galeata
Patsyella dentata Waters 1887
Chaperia rubida Hincks 1881
Chaperia galeata Busk 1854
Chaperia galeata waiparaensis n. ssp.
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Macropora grandis, Odontionella cyclops
Macropora grandis Hutton 1873
Macropora grandis forma urceolata, originally described by Hutton as Lepralia urceolata
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Micropora coriacea, Selenaria nitida, Selenaria cf. cupola
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
Selenaria nitida Maplestone 1909
Selenaria cf. cupola Tenison-Woods 1880
Selenaria cupola spiralis
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Holoporella tridenticulata
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Porella ? concreta, Porella marsupium
Porella ? concreta Brown 1952
Porella marsupium MacGillivray 1869
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharoides angela
Escharoides angela Hutton 1873
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Arachnopusia unicornis, Arachnopusia bugei n. sp.
Arachnopusia bugei n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Figularia huttoni, Figularia cf. tenuicosta
Figularia huttoni Brown 1952
Figularia cf. tenuicosta MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Umbonulidae
Umbonula bicuspis
Umbonula bicuspis Hincks 1883
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Anarthropora biarmata
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
"Retepora" bartrumi n. sp., "Retepora" avicularis
"Retepora" bartrumi n. sp. Brown 1952
"Retepora" avicularis MacGillivray 1883
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina lichenoporoides n. sp., Celleporina tiara, "Cellepora" "sp. 1", "Cellepora" ? glomerata
Celleporina lichenoporoides n. sp. Brown 1952
Celleporina tiara MacGillivray 1887
"Cellepora" "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1767
"Cellepora" ? glomerata MacGillivray 1887
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina pertusa
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Smittina purpurea
Smittina purpurea Hincks 1881
 Cheilostomata - Reteporidae
Iodictyum acanthoides n. sp., Hippellozoon novaezelandiae
Iodictyum acanthoides n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Hippomenella bituberosa
 Cheilostomata - Crepidacanthidae
"Crepidacantha crinispina" = Crepidacantha poissonii crinispina
"Crepidacantha crinispina" = Crepidacantha poissonii crinispina Levinsen 1909
Crepidacantha crinispina parvipora
 Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
Petraliella firmata
Petraliella firmata Waters 1887
 Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae
Spiroporina polypora, Spiroporina pentagona
Spiroporina pentagona d'Orbigny 1842
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Fenestrulina malusii, Microporella hyadesi, Microporella ciliata
Fenestrulina malusii Audouin 1826
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888
Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
"Schizoporella" glebosa, "Schizoporella" scissa n. sp., Chiastosella diagonalis n. sp., Chiastosella aff. granulata, Chiastosella porosa
"Schizoporella" scissa n. sp. Brown 1952
Chiastosella diagonalis n. sp. Brown 1952
Chiastosella aff. granulata MacGillivray 1895
Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria tenuirostris, Cellaria immersa
Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880
 Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae
Hippothoa distans
Hippothoa distans MacGillivray 1869
 Cheilostomata - Hippopodinidae
Hippopodina feegeensis