Waihao Greensand, McCulloch's Bridge (general collection): Late/Upper Eocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tahunacca haasti
Type locality
Eoscobinella tahuia
Type locality
Tahuia formosa
Type locality
Zeatoma allani
Type locality
Tahudrillia simplex
Type locality
Mormulasta tahuensis
Type locality?
Elodiamea eocenica
Type locality?
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella semiteres (Hutton 1877)
Type locality?
Pseudoportlandia tahuia (Marwick 1942)
Type locality
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Deminucula infrequens Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Varinucula sp. n. sp. Maxwell 1988
spelled with current rank as Nucula (Varinucula)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte mackayi
Type locality; genus sensu lato
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula (Limatula) pontis
Type locality
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Duplipecten parki
Serripecten tahuianus
Type locality
Serripecten marwicki Maxwell 1992
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis waihaoensis Allan 1926
recombined as Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis
Type locality
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (? Latiarca) sp. Conrad 1862
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca bellatula
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis (? Fasiculicardia) allophyla
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama (Marama) pristina
Type locality
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula praeviator
Caestocorbula anceps
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Gadilina masoni
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium pukaea
Fissidentalium rei Maxwell 1992
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Costosyrnola paleogenica
Type locality?
Pyrgiscilla waihaoica
Superstes marshalli
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Triploca waihaoensis
Type locality
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Wangaloa ngaparaensis
Type locality?
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma zelandica Marshall 1919
sensu lato
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea climacota
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Volutomitra iconspicua
Type locality?
Peculator plicatellus
Type locality
Proximitra parki
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Marshallena neozelanica
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia waihaoensis
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria aff. primigena
Listed as "Poirieria n. sp. aff. primigena"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Spinomelon allani
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Fusiaphera marshalli
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Gracilispira) morgani
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira maora
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Marshallaria spiralis
Type locality
Marshallaria decipens
Conilithes tahuensis
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas waihaoensis
Type locality; genus sensu latu
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria rudis
Type locality?
Cordieria huttoni
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Zeacuminia tahuia
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surculites (Notogenota) finlayi
Type locality
Eoturris complicata
synonym of Eopleurotoma
Type locality
Gemmula waihaoensis
Type locality
Gemmula bimarginata
Gemmula duplex
Type locality?
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus (Austrofusus) separabilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Nassicola sp. Finlay 1924
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsicolus (Liracolus) solida
"Fusinus" wahaoicus
Type locality
Fractolatirus optatus
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori
original and current combination Fusimitra
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia (Haurokoa) marwicki
Type locality
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Archierato accola (Laws 1935)
Type locality
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Bellerato seposita (Laws 1935)
Type locality
Archierato antiqua (Marshall 1919)
recombined as Lachryma (Proterato) antiqua
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Taniella intermedia
Tanea praeconsors
Type locality
Carinacca waihaoensis
Type locality
Friginatica suturalis
Type locality?
Lunatia elegans
Magnatica (Spelaenacca) parilis Finlay 1930
Type locality
Neverita pontis
Type locality
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella tricincta
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila attenuissima
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Turriscala finlayi
Type locality
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) zitteli
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Margineulima waihaoensis
Type locality
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus lorensis
Type locality
Spirocolpus waihaoensis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Dorudontinae indet. (Miller 1923)
Fordyce 1985 1 specimen
    = ? Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845
Fordyce and Roberts 2009
? Zygorhiza sp. True 1908
Fordyce and Roberts 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand State/province:Canterbury County:South Canterbury
Coordinates: 44.8° South, 171.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.1° South, 169.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waihao Greensand
Local section:McCulloch's Bridge
Regional section:Waihao River
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: From collections throughout the Waihao Greensand, though most records are almost certainly from the Tahu Member (Kaiatan). Bortonian-Kaiatan in age (Late Eocene).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,glauconitic,shelly/skeletal,green sandstone
Secondary lithology: sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Glauconitic, fossiliferous, bioturbated sandstone. May also include sandty siltstones.
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: Offshore lower shelf to slope environments, 150-250 m based on autoecological analyses.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Material reposited in IGNS collections (NZ Geol. Surv.)
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive, but compiled from several beds. Including many type specimens.
Metadata
Also known as:G
Database number:45041
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-29 20:57:30 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-29 20:57:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10506. P. A. Maxwell. 1992. Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: Paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 65:1-280 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12022 R. E. Fordyce. 1985. Late Eocene archaeocete whale (Archaeoceti: Dorudontinae) from Waihao, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 28:351-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29544 R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]