GS 1431, Waiwera River (G46/f9475) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.3° S, 169.5° E: paleocoordinates 74.0° S, 78.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Otamitan (221.5 - 212.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M. Ongley; 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 137224: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera riceae n. sp. Waterhouse 1960 file clam