GS 5156, Waipahi (G45/f8628) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.2° S, 169.2° E: paleocoordinates 75.5° S, 99.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oretian (227.5 - 221.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by B.L. Wood; reposited in the IGNS

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1960. Some Carnian pelecypods from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88:425-442 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135237: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera globularis Trechmann 1917 file clam
 Ostreida - Pergamidiidae
Manticula problematica Zittel 1864 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae