Tahu Member, McCulloch's Bridge: Late/Upper Eocene, New Zealand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Liratatilia pulchella
Type locality
Tahudrillia simplex
Zeatoma allani
Tahuia formosa
Eoscobinella tahuia
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Latiarca) sp. n. sp. Conrad 1862
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca bellatula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Lissarca sp. n. sp. (Smith 1877)
Notolimopsis hampdenensis
Limopsis waihaoensis Allan 1926
recombined as Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis
Pectunculina parvicostata Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Duplipecten parki
Chlamys sp. n. sp. Röding 1798
Chlamys (sensu lato) n. sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea (Limea) riparia Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Limatula (Limatula) pontis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium informal sp. B Sacco 1897
Parvamussium informal sp. C Sacco 1897
Parvamussium mata Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella australis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) sp. Maxwell 1969
Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) allophyla Maxwell 1992
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Condylocuna subaequilateralis
Type locality
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula praeviator
Type locality
Caestocorbula anceps
Type locality
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium (Pratulum) catinus
Type locality
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Marama (Hina) vaga
Kuia vellicata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Erycina (? Hemilepton) aotea Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia (Spinosipella) sp. (Iredale 1930)
original and current combination Spinosipella
? Haliris sp. n. sp. Dall 1886
Listed as "Haliris (?) n. sp. (?)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Poromya sp. n. sp. Forbes 1844
sensu lato
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. n. sp. Dall 1886
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Sarepta sp. Adams 1860
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria sp. Bellardi 1875
Comitileda brachyryncha Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Pseudoportlandia tahuia (Marwick 1942)
Saccella semiteres (Hutton 1877)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Pseudomalletia sp. n. sp. Fischer 1886
synonym of Malletia
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldiella malletoides
Type locality
Yoldiella haasti Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Pseudotindaria delli Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Nucula (sensu lato) sp. indet.
Ennucula whatu Maxwell 1992
Type locality
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae
Anatoma gephyra
Type locality
Anatoma informal sp. B Woodward 1859
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Lissotestella basispiralis
Type locality
Notosetia ponderi
Type locality
Brookula (Aequispirella) bifurcata
original and current combination Aequispirella
Type locality
Gastropoda - Trochidae
? Benthastelena susanae
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
? Solariella sp. n. sp. Wood 1842
Gastropoda
? Spectamen sp. n. sp. Iredale 1924
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella informal sp. E Bowdich 1822
Niso neozelanica
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Attenuata eocenica
Type locality
? Alvania sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Peculator plicatellus
Volutomitra inconspicua
Proximitra parki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea climacota
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula beui
Type locality
Marshallena neozelanica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia waihaoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Bastropia mackayi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori
original and current combination Fusimitra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Austrofusus (Austrofusus) separabilis
Type locality
Austrofusus (Austrofusus) bicarinatus
Nassicola sp. Finlay 1924
spelled with current rank as Siphonalia (Nassicola)
Colubraria neozelanica
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsicolus (Liracolus) solida
? Latirulus fraudator
Type locality
? Fractolatirus ? opatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Fusiaphera marshalli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Micrancilla) granum Maxwell 1992
recombined as Micrancilla granum
Type locality; type for subgenera
Amalda (Gracilispira) morgani
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancillus olsoni
original and current combination Ancilla (Ancillus)
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Parasyngenochilus longi
Type locality
Surculites (Notogenota) finlayi
Gemmula duplex
Gemmula bimarginata
Gemmula waihaoensis
Eoturris complicata
synonym of Eopleurotoma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae
? Scrinium limbatum
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus pseudoamoricus
sensu lato
Marshallaria informal sp. B Finlay and Marwick 1937
Marshallaria decipens
Marshallaria spiralis
Type locality
Conilithes tahuensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira maora
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
? Pervicacia sp. n. sp. Iredale 1924
spelled with current rank as Duplicaria (Pervicacia)
Zeacuminia tahuia
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Rugobela humerosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
? Guraleus dubius
Type locality
? Guraleus sp. n. sp. Hedley 1918
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas waihaoensis
sensu lato
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria huttoni
Cordieria rudis
Zemacies marginalis
Borsonia crassiaxialis
Type locality
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Spinomelon allani
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Protoginella (Protoginella) cenodoxa
Type locality
Protoginella (Alaginella) parvisinus
Type locality
Volvarinella aveniformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria denticulifera
Type locality
Poirieria aff. primigena
Pterotyphus (Prototyphis) tahuensis
spelled with current rank as Pterotyphis (Prototyphis)
Type locality
Pterynotus sp. Swainson 1833
Sensu lato
Xymene apipagoda
Xymene comes
Type locality
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:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waihao Greensand Member:Tahu
Local section:McCulloch's Bridge
Regional section:Waihao River
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Tahu Member of the Waihao Greensand. Kaiatan in age (Late Eocene). Sediments, 4.5-6.5 m above cemented band.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray,green poorly lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Soft, medium greenish-gray, glauconitic silty sandstone.
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.). Collected by P.A. Maxwell and others.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive. Including some type specimens.
Metadata
Also known as:TM
Database number:45037
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-29 20:57:01 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-29 20:57:01
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:

11765 J.T. Kingma. 1971. Geology of the Te Aute Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 70 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]