Waihao Greensand, McCulloch's Bridge (general collection) (Eocene of New Zealand)

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

• Offshore lower shelf to slope environments, 150-250 m based on autoecological analyses.
• Glauconitic, fossiliferous, bioturbated sandstone. May also include sandty siltstones.

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

• Exhaustive, but compiled from several beds. Including many type specimens.
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?
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Turriscala finlayi wentletrap
Type locality
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Margineulima waihaoensis snail
Type locality
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Zeacolpus lorensis turret shell
Type locality
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma zelandica Marshall 1919 snail
sensu lato
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori" = Fusimitra
"Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori" = Fusimitra mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Gracilispira) morgani snail
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Nassicola sp. Finlay 1924 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fusinus" wahaoicus snail
Type locality
Fractolatirus ? optatus snail
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira maora snail
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conilithes tahuensis cone shell
Type locality
Marshallaria spiralis cone shell
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas waihaoensis snail
Type locality; genus sensu latu
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria rudis snail
Type locality?
Cordieria huttoni snail
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Zeacuminia tahuia auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Eoturris complicata" = Eopleurotoma turrid
Type locality
Gemmula waihaoensis turrid
Type locality
Gemmula duplex turrid
Type locality?
Surculites (Notogenota) finlayi turrid
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Volutomitra iconspicua snail
Type locality?
Peculator plicatellus snail
Type locality
Proximitra parki snail
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia waihaoensis snail
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Marshallena neozelanica ribbed mitre
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria aff. primigena murex snail
Listed as "Poirieria n. sp. aff. primigena"
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Spinomelon allani volute
Type locality
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Fusiaphera marshalli snail
Type locality
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Sassia (Haurokoa) marwicki triton shell
Type locality
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Archierato accola Laws 1935 snail
Type locality
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
Bellerato seposita Laws 1935 snail
Type locality
"Archierato antiqua" = Lachryma (Proterato) antiqua Marshall 1919 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Magnatica (Spelaenacca) parilis Finlay 1930 moon snail
Type locality
Neverita pontis moon snail
Type locality
Lunatia ? elegans moon snail
Tanea praeconsors moon snail
Type locality
Carinacca waihaoensis moon snail
Type locality
Friginatica suturalis moon snail
Type locality?
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Triploca waihaoensis snail
Type locality
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Wangaloa ngaparaensis snail
Type locality?
 Heterostrophia -
Costosyrnola paleogenica snail
Type locality?
 Opisthobranchia -
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis waihaoensis" = Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis
"Limopsis waihaoensis" = Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis Allan 1926 clam
Type locality
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula (Limatula) pontis file clam
Type locality
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Serripecten tahuianus scallop
Type locality
Serripecten marwicki Maxwell 1992 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte mackayi oyster
Type locality; genus sensu lato
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama (Marama) pristina venus clam
Type locality
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Varinucula sp. n. sp." = Nucula (Varinucula), Deminucula infrequens
"Varinucula sp. n. sp." = Nucula (Varinucula) Maxwell 1988 nut clam
Deminucula infrequens Maxwell 1992 nut clam
Type locality
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella semiteres Hutton 1877 pointed nut clam
Type locality?
Pseudoportlandia tahuia Marwick 1942 pointed nut clam
Type locality
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Gadilina masoni tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium rei Maxwell 1992 tusk shell
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
? Zygorhiza sp. True 1908 whale
? Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845 whale