GS 385, Mount Heslington, Nelson (N28/f7491) (Triassic of New Zealand)

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)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the IGNS

Primary reference: J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. New Zealand and New Caledonian Triassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33:223-268 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137458: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes sp.2 Suess 1865 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria hectori Trechmann 1917 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo cf. mundeni1 Fleming et al. 1954 clam