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 - Electridae
Tretosina arcifera
Tretosina arcifera Canu and Bassler 1927
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Acanthodesia bifossata n. sp.
Acanthodesia bifossata n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Anarthropora biarmata
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Schizomavella dubia n. sp., Hippoporina burlingtoniensis
Schizomavella dubia n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Mucronellidae
Smittinella zealandiae
 Cheilostomata - Reteporidae
Iodictyum ligarense n. sp.
Iodictyum ligarense n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella hyadesi
Microporella hyadesi Jullien 1888
 Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
Gigantopora polymorpha, Dightonia inarmata
Dightonia inarmata Brown 1948
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella glebosa n. sp., "Schizoporella" filiformis, Chiastosella porosa
Schizoporella glebosa n. sp. Brown 1952
Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Celleporina cf. longirostris, Celleporina granum, "Cellepora" "sp. 2"
Celleporina cf. longirostris MacGillivray 1885
Celleporina granum Hincks 1881
"Cellepora" "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1767
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
""Retepora" "sp. 1"" = Reteporella
""Retepora" "sp. 1"" = Reteporella Busk 1884
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria immersa, Melicerita angustiloba, Cellaria tenuirostris
Cellaria immersa Tenison-Woods 1880
Melicerita angustiloba Tenison-Woods 1862
 Cheilostomata - Ellisinidae
Ellisina pyriformis
Ellisina pyriformis Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Valdemunitella pyrula, Allantopora trigemmata n. sp., Amphiblestrum hastingsae n. sp.
Allantopora trigemmata n. sp. Brown 1952
Amphiblestrum hastingsae n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae
Patsyella dentata
Patsyella dentata Waters 1887
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Crateropora muralis n. sp.
Crateropora muralis n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Porella cf. flabellaris
Porella cf. flabellaris MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharella fistula n. sp., Escharoides angela
Escharella fistula n. sp. Brown 1952
Escharoides angela Hutton 1873
Escharoides angela ligulata n. ssp.
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella sp.
Steginoporella sp. Smitt 1873
 Cheilostomata - Vinculariidae
"Vincularia" anceps n. sp.
"Vincularia" anceps n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina masoni n. sp.
Escharina masoni n. sp. Brown 1952
 Cheilostomata - Didymosellidae
Didymosella larvalis, Didymosella aff. porosa
Didymosella larvalis MacGillivray 1869
Didymosella aff. porosa Stoliczka 1865