GS5082, The Cone (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.1° S, 169.2° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° S, 169.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waipahi Group, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B.L. Wood

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1958. The occurrence of Atomodesma Beyrich in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 1:166-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120425: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma marwicki n. sp. Waterhouse 1958 clam