Also known as G
Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.2° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 169.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waihao Greensand Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• From collections throughout the Waihao Greensand, though most records are almost certainly from the Tahu Member (Kaiatan). Bortonian-Kaiatan in age (Late Eocene).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; bioturbated, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, green sandstone and sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Material reposited in IGNS collections (NZ Geol. Surv.)
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45041: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.09.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tahunacca haasti, Eoscobinella tahuia, Tahuia formosa, Zeatoma allani, Tahudrillia simplex, Mormulasta ? tahuensis, Elodiamea eocenica
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Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium pukaea tusk shell
Fissidentalium rei Maxwell 1992 tusk shell | |
Gadilina masoni tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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Serripecten marwicki Maxwell 1992 scallop
Duplipecten parki scallop | |
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"Limopsis waihaoensis" = Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis
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Bathyarca bellatula clam | |
Cucullaea (? Latiarca) sp. Conrad 1862 clam | |
"Varinucula sp. n. sp." = Nucula (Varinucula), Deminucula infrequens
"Varinucula sp. n. sp." = Nucula (Varinucula) Maxwell 1988 nut clam | |
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Gastropoda | |
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"Archierato antiqua" = Lachryma (Proterato) antiqua, Bellerato seposita
"Archierato antiqua" = Lachryma (Proterato) antiqua Marshall 1919 snail | |
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Austrofusus (Austrofusus) separabilis, "Nassicola sp." = Siphonalia (Nassicola)
Austrofusus (Austrofusus) separabilis true whelk
"Nassicola sp." = Siphonalia (Nassicola) Finlay 1924 true whelk | |
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Marshallaria decipens cone shell | |
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Zeacuminia tahuia auger snail | |
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"Eoturris complicata" = Eopleurotoma, Surculites (Notogenota) finlayi, Gemmula waihaoensis, Gemmula bimarginata, Gemmula duplex
Gemmula bimarginata turrid | |
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Coluzea climacota snail | |
"Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori" = Fusimitra
"Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori" = Fusimitra mitre shell | |
Magnatica (Spelaenacca) parilis, Friginatica suturalis, Carinacca waihaoensis, Taniella intermedia, Tanea praeconsors, Neverita pontis, Lunatia ? elegans
Taniella intermedia moon snail
Lunatia ? elegans moon snail | |
Seila attenuissima snail | |
Cerithiella tricincta snail | |
Spirocolpus waihaoensis turret shell | |
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Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) zitteli wentletrap | |
Superstes marshalli snail | |
Pyrgiscilla waihaoica snail | |
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Mammalia | |
? Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845 whale
? Zygorhiza sp. True 1908 whale |