Waihao Greensand, McCulloch's Bridge (general collection): Late/Upper Eocene, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tahunacca haasti
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Eoscobinella tahuia
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Tahuia formosa
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Zeatoma allani
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Tahudrillia simplex
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Mormulasta tahuensis
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Elodiamea eocenica
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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? Zygorhiza sp.
True 1908
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | |||||||||
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Dorudontinae indet.
(Miller 1923)
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Fordyce 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= ? Dorudon sp.
Gibbes 1845
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Fordyce and Roberts 2009 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Gadilinidae
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Gadilina masoni
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Fissidentalium pukaea
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Fissidentalium rei
Maxwell 1992
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (? Latiarca) sp.
Conrad 1862
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Bathyarca bellatula
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis waihaoensis
Allan 1926
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| recombined as Limopsis (Limopsis) waihaoensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte mackayi
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Duplipecten parki
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Serripecten tahuianus
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Serripecten marwicki
Maxwell 1992
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limatula (Limatula) pontis
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glyptoactis (? Fasiculicardia) allophyla
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula praeviator
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Caestocorbula anceps
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Marama (Marama) pristina
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Pseudoportlandia tahuia
(Marwick 1942)
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Saccella semiteres
(Hutton 1877)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Varinucula sp. n. sp.
Maxwell 1988
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| spelled with current rank as Nucula (Varinucula) | ||||||||||
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Deminucula infrequens
Maxwell 1992
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Superstes marshalli
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Costosyrnola paleogenica
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Pyrgiscilla waihaoica
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Wangaloa ngaparaensis
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Triploca waihaoensis
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) zitteli
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Turriscala finlayi
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Margineulima waihaoensis
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Spirocolpus waihaoensis
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Zeacolpus lorensis
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Magnatica (Spelaenacca) parilis
Finlay 1930
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Taniella intermedia
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Carinacca waihaoensis
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Friginatica suturalis
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Lunatia elegans
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Neverita pontis
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Tanea praeconsors
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Gastropoda
- Triviidae
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Archierato accola
(Laws 1935)
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Gastropoda
- Eratoidae
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Archierato antiqua
(Marshall 1919)
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Bellerato seposita
(Laws 1935)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutomitridae
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Peculator plicatellus
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Volutomitra iconspicua
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Proximitra parki
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbariidae
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Coluzea climacota
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Marshallena neozelanica
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ptychatractidae
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Exilia waihaoensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra (Fusimitra) hectori
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| original and current combination Fusimitra | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Austrofusus (Austrofusus) separabilis
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Nassicola sp.
Finlay 1924
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| spelled with current rank as Siphonalia (Nassicola) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Falsicolus (Liracolus) solida
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"Fusinus" wahaoicus
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Fractolatirus optatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Fusiaphera marshalli
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Amalda (Gracilispira) morgani
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Surculites (Notogenota) finlayi
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Gemmula waihaoensis
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Gemmula bimarginata
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Gemmula duplex
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Eoturris complicata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Marshallaria spiralis
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Marshallaria decipens
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Conilithes tahuensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Cochlespira maora
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Zeacuminia tahuia
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pseudomelatomidae
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Comitas waihaoensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Cordieria rudis
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Cordieria huttoni
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Spinomelon allani
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Poirieria aff. primigena
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Dicroloma zelandica
Marshall 1919
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Sassia (Haurokoa) marwicki
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila attenuissima
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Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella tricincta
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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 | ||||
| Local section: | McCulloch's Bridge | ||||
| Regional section: | Waihao River | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From collections throughout the Waihao Greensand, though most records are almost certainly from the Tahu Member (Kaiatan). Bortonian-Kaiatan in age (Late Eocene). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,glauconitic,shelly/skeletal,green sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Glauconitic, fossiliferous, bioturbated sandstone. May also include sandty siltstones. | |
| 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.) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive, but compiled from several beds. Including many type specimens. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | G | ||
| Database number: | 45041 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-29 20:57:30 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-29 20:57:30 |
| 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:
| 12022 | R. E. Fordyce. 1985. Late Eocene archaeocete whale (Archaeoceti: Dorudontinae) from Waihao, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 28:351-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29544 | R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts. 2009. Fossil Pinnipedia and Cetacea. In D. P. Gordon (ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity 553 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |