Where: New Zealand (44.6° S, 170.1° E: paleocoordinates 72.2° S, 153.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rabbiters Hut Formation (Corbies Creek Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Kaihikuan
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by H.S. Gair; reposited in the IGNS
• GS - NZ Geological Survey, Lower Hutt
Primary reference: H. S. Gair, D. R. Gregg, and I. G. Speden. 1962. Triassic fossils from Corbies Creek, north Otago. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 5:92-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134524: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2012, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
""Dielasma" cf. himalayanum" = Adygella himalayana
""Dielasma" cf. himalayanum" = Adygella himalayana Bittner 1899 | |
Sakawairhynchia corbiensis2 MacFarlan 1992 | |
Mentzeliopsis spinosa Trechmann 1917 | |
Bivalvia | |
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam | |
"Daonella apteryx" = Aparimella apteryx
"Daonella apteryx" = Aparimella apteryx Marwick 1953 oyster | |
"Myophoria" sp. Bronn 1834 clam | |
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam | |
Balantioselena gairi n. gen. n. sp.
Balantioselena gairi n. gen. n. sp. Speden 1962 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
? Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Kamupena greggi Speden 1962 snail |