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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Gymnolaemata | |
Acanthodesia bifossata n. sp.
Acanthodesia bifossata n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Tretosina arcifera Canu and Bassler 1927 | |
"Vincularia" anceps n. sp.
"Vincularia" anceps n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Didymosella aff. porosa Stoliczka 1865
Didymosella larvalis MacGillivray 1869 | |
Escharina masoni n. sp.
Escharina masoni n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Crateropora muralis n. sp.
Crateropora muralis n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Steginoporella sp. Smitt 1873 | |
Porella cf. flabellaris MacGillivray 1895 | |
Escharella fistula n. sp., Escharoides angela
Escharella fistula n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Valdemunitella pyrula, Amphiblestrum hastingsae n. sp., Allantopora trigemmata n. sp., Ellisina pyriformis
Valdemunitella pyrula Hincks 1881
Amphiblestrum hastingsae n. sp. Brown 1952
Allantopora trigemmata n. sp. Brown 1952
Ellisina pyriformis Canu and Bassler 1935 | |
Patsyella dentata Waters 1887 | |
Cellaria tenuirostris Busk 1852
Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880
Melicerita angustiloba Tenison-Woods 1862 | |
Smittinella zealandiae Brown 1952 | |
Iodictyum ligarense n. sp.
Iodictyum ligarense n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Hippoporina burlingtoniensis Waters 1882
Schizomavella dubia n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
"Cellepora" "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1767
Celleporina granum Hincks 1881
Celleporina cf. longirostris MacGillivray 1885 | |
""Retepora" "sp. 1"" = Reteporella
""Retepora" "sp. 1"" = Reteporella Busk 1884 | |
Dightonia inarmata Brown 1948
Gigantopora polymorpha Busk 1884 | |
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888 | |
Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935
"Schizoporella" filiformis Waters 1882
Schizoporella glebosa n. sp. Brown 1952 | |
Anarthropora biarmata Waters 1882 | |
Bivalvia | |
Chaperia barretoi n. sp.
Chaperia barretoi n. sp. Brown 1952 rudist | |
Actinopteri | |
Physiculus terakohensis n. sp.
Physiculus terakohensis n. sp. Frost 1934 |