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