GS143, Dun Mountain Tramway, Wooded Peak, Nelson (Permian of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (41.3° S, 173.3° E: paleocoordinates 77.3° S, 168.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tramway Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Hector, A. McKay
Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. New Zealand species of the Permian bivalve Atomodesma Beyrich. Palaeontology 6:699-717 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120423: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2011
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Atomodesma trechmanni n. sp." = Maitaia trechmanni
"Atomodesma trechmanni n. sp." = Maitaia trechmanni Marwick 1934 clam |