AU 4571, Kiritehere Stream, Kawhia (R16/f8009) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (38.3° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 70.0° S, 76.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Warepan (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J.A. Grant-Mackie

• Repository: Auckland University

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 137479: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria kiritehereensis n. sp. Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003 snail