Tarakohe Quarry (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Also known as Terakohe

Where: North-West Nelson, New Zealand (40.8° S, 172.9° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° S, 178.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl

• fossils from "Bryozoan Bed"

•sandy, gritty lens at the base of a series of sandy marls immediately overlying the Takaka Limestone of Waitakian age

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 173837: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 19.10.2015, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• brachiopods and foraminifera reported to be present but not described
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Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Physiculus terakohensis n. sp.
Physiculus terakohensis n. sp. Frost 1934
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprotinidae
Chaperia barretoi n. sp.
Chaperia barretoi n. sp. Brown 1952 rudist
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Vinculariidae
"Vincularia" anceps n. sp.
"Vincularia" anceps n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Acanthodesia bifossata n. sp.
Acanthodesia bifossata n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Electridae
Tretosina arcifera
Tretosina arcifera Canu and Bassler 1927
 Cheilostomata - Didymosellidae
Didymosella aff. porosa, Didymosella larvalis
Didymosella aff. porosa Stoliczka 1865
Didymosella larvalis MacGillivray 1869
 Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina masoni n. sp.
Escharina masoni n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella sp.
Steginoporella sp. Smitt 1873
 Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae
Patsyella dentata
Patsyella dentata Waters 1887
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Ellisina pyriformis, Amphiblestrum hastingsae n. sp., Allantopora trigemmata n. sp., Valdemunitella pyrula
Ellisina pyriformis Canu and Bassler 1935
Amphiblestrum hastingsae n. sp. Brown 1952
Allantopora trigemmata n. sp. Brown 1952
Valdemunitella pyrula Hincks 1881
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharella fistula n. sp., Escharoides angela
Escharella fistula n. sp. Brown 1952
Escharoides angela Hutton 1873
Escharoides angela ligulata n. ssp.
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Porella cf. flabellaris
Porella cf. flabellaris MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Crateropora muralis n. sp.
Crateropora muralis n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Anarthropora biarmata
 Cheilostomata - Reteporidae
Iodictyum ligarense n. sp.
Iodictyum ligarense n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Mucronellidae
Smittinella zealandiae
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina burlingtoniensis, Schizomavella dubia n. sp.
Schizomavella dubia n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Melicerita angustiloba, Cellaria tenuirostris, Cellaria immersa
Melicerita angustiloba Tenison-Woods 1862
Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880
 Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
Dightonia inarmata, Gigantopora polymorpha
Dightonia inarmata Brown 1948
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Chiastosella porosa, "Schizoporella" filiformis, Schizoporella glebosa n. sp.
Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935
Schizoporella glebosa n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella hyadesi
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
"Cellepora" "sp. 2", Celleporina granum, Celleporina cf. longirostris
"Cellepora" "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1767
Celleporina granum Hincks 1881
Celleporina cf. longirostris MacGillivray 1885
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
""Retepora" "sp. 1"" = Reteporella
""Retepora" "sp. 1"" = Reteporella Busk 1884