Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 173.1° E: paleocoordinates 70.2° S, 74.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Otamitan (221.5 - 212.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.B. Waterhouse; 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 137229: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mysidioptera riceae Waterhouse 1960 file clam |