Cannibal Bay, H46/f167, South Otago (Jurassic to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.5° S, 169.6° E: paleocoordinates 79.5° S, 37.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pounawea Formation, Early/Lower Callovian to Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Late Temaikan, Murihiku Supergroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, fine-grained, gray sandstone

• middle to outer shelf environment
• fine grained, medium to dark grey sandstone bed

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. N. Gardner and H. J. Campbell. 1997. The bivalve genus Grammatodon from the Middle Jurassic of the Catlins district, South Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 40:487-498 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56241: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.11.2005, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Vaugonia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista austrofilia1 Gardner 2005 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Antarctica ampliforma1 Gardner 2005 clam
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia allani Marwick 1953 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya milleformis Marwick 1953 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella cf. echinata Smith 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes grandis Hector 1886 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
best compared to the genus Rehmannia
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Holcophylloceras sp. Spath 1927 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes catlinensis Hector 1878 belemnite
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Prodentalium sp. Young 1942 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
two indet. species (seperate genera)