Also known as S20/f937A
Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 173.4° E: paleocoordinates 71.5° S, 167.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rai Formation (Lee River Group), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• Baigendzinian Stage of the world standard, and classed in the local Mangapirian Stage of New Zealand.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by M. R. Johnston, A. C. Coleman, J. I. Townsend in 1973; reposited in the IGNS
Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. The Early Permian age of the Rai Sandstone, east Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 25:359-362 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137851: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aphanaia cf. otamaensis Waterhouse 1979 clam |