White Hill, northern Taringatura Hills (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: Southland, New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.3° E: paleocoordinates 71.2° S, 148.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Kaihikuan

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D.S. Coombs

• Repository: Otago University

Primary reference: C. A. Fleming. 1962. Two new genera of Triassic Trigoniidae from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 35:1-4 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137175: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Prosogyrotrigoniidae
Praegonia coombsi n. gen. n. sp.
Praegonia coombsi n. gen. n. sp. Fleming 1962 clam