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