Where: New Zealand (38.1° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 76.5° S, 57.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Opapaka Sandstone Formation, Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• Temaikan, probably Aalenian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. J. Campbell and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 1995. Jurassic Pholadomyidae (Bivalvia) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 38:47-59 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51869: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.06.2005

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