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