Lankey Limestone, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand (Devonian of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (42.1° S, 171.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 178.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lankey Limestone Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Reefton Group is not very well dated, as there are few correlatable fossils.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and sandstone

• "High energy, shallow clear water."
• "93-110m. Massive, coarse biorudites; some interbedded stratified shelly limestone. Well-sorted quartzarenite unit in middle of formation."

Collection methods: See PBDB coll. 25785 for reef fauna.

Primary reference: M. A. Bradshaw. 1999. Lower Devonian bivalves from the Reefton Group, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 20:1-171 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40524: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 24.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Dechenella mackayi" = Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi2
"Dechenella mackayi" = Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi2 Allan 1935 trilobite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria sp.2
Actinopteria sp.2 Hall 1884 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Pleurothyrella venusta2
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.2
Fenestella sp.2 Lonsdale 1839
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora cf. trifoliata2
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
"? Lioclema reeftonensis" = Leioclema2
"? Lioclema reeftonensis" = Leioclema2
Conodonta
  -
Spathognathodus cf. canadensis1
Chondrichthyes
 Climatiiformes - Climatiidae
Nostolepis striata1, Nostolepis gracilis1
Nostolepis striata1 Pander 1856 spiny fish
Nostolepis gracilis1 Gross 1947 spiny fish
 Ischnacanthiformes - Ischnacanthidae
Gomphonchus sp.1
Gomphonchus sp.1 Gross 1971 spiny fish
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.2
Crinoidea indet.2 Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites cf. carmini2, Favosites murrumbidgeensis2
Favosites cf. carmini2 tabulate coral
"Favosites sp. cf. Emmonsia carmini (Stewart)"
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
cf. Cladopora sp.2, Thamnopora reeftonensis2
cf. Cladopora sp.2 Hall 1851 tabulate coral
genus listed as "Cladophora"
Thamnopora reeftonensis2 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis2
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis2 Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Tipheophyllum bartrumi2
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria allani2, Hexagonaria sp.2
Hexagonaria allani2 horn coral
Hexagonaria sp.2 Gürich 1896 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma clarum2
Anostylostroma clarum2 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
"Stromatopora cf. hupschii" = Stromatopora huepschii2
"Stromatopora cf. hupschii" = Stromatopora huepschii2 Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
listed as "Stromatospora"
1Bradshaw 1988; 2Bradshaw and Hegan 1983