G47/f7492 - Tautuku Bay, Otago (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 146

Where: New Zealand (46.6° S, 169.4° E: paleocoordinates 76.3° S, 44.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Ururoan = Pliensbachian-Toarcian, here assigned to the Toarcian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology of lithification, not stated in text. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: J. Hector, 1969. REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63809: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for reported faunas (from several monographs). New Zealand Fossil Record File (http://data.gns.cri.nz/fred/) for supplementary data., further publications and synonymies. NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and use of subgeneric and species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by J.A. Fleming.
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