Where: New Caledonia (21.7° S, 165.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 165.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mara Formation (Teremba Group), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by J.B. Waterhouse, N. Noesmoen, J. Espirat in 1964
• Repository: possibly University of Toronto (now ROM?)
Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1969. A new Permian fauna from New Caledonia, and its relationships to Gondwana and the Tethys. Gondwana Stratigraphy, IUGS Symposium Buenos Aires 1-15 October 1967 2:249-272 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134258: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Attenuatella convexa n. sp." = Attenuatella mepailensis
"Attenuatella convexa n. sp." = Attenuatella mepailensis Waterhouse 1983 | |
Gastropoda | |
Bicarinella sp. Waterhouse 1966 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Atomodesma trechmanni" = Maitaia trechmanni, "Atomodesma cf. trabeculum" = Trabeculatia trabeculum
"Atomodesma trechmanni" = Maitaia trechmanni Marwick 1934 clam
"Atomodesma cf. trabeculum" = Trabeculatia trabeculum Waterhouse 1963 clam |