New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts
A new Early Miocene Pseudarchaster (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) from
New Zealand
MICHAEL K. EAGLE
Auckland Museum
Private Bag 92 018
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract A new starfish, Pseudarchaster motutaraensis
(Goniasteridae: Pseudarchasterinae), is described from a near-complete specimen
from volcaniclastic mid-bathyal sandstone of Nihotupu Formation, Waitakere
Group, Akarana Supergroup (mid-Altonian Stage, late Early Miocene) Motutara,
West Auckland, New Zealand. It is the first asteroid to be described from the
Akarana Supergroup.
Keywords Valvatida; Goniasteridae; Pseudarchaster; new
species; Miocene; New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 1999, Vol. 42:
551-556
0028-8306/99/4204-0551 $7.00/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1999
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