R15/f8623 - east of Puti Point (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (38.1° S, 174.9° E: paleocoordinates 85.5° S, 48.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Puti Formation, Puaroan (150.0 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Hikuroa and J. Grant-Mackie. 2008. New species of Late Jurassic Australobuchia (Bivalvia) from the Murihiku Terrane, Port Waikato-Kawhia region, New Zealand. Alcheringa 32:73-98 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116352: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 07.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Australobuchia wherowhero Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie 2008 scallop