Mount Heslington (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 173.1° E: paleocoordinates 73.2° S, 115.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201943: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 11.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae
Cladiscites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia arata n. sp. Trechmann 1917 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria hokonuiensis Trechmann 1917 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Coronaria spectabilis n. sp. Trechmann 1917 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia hochstetteri Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia zitteli Lindstrom 1863 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Limatula) cf. pichleri Bittner 1895 file clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Macrodon sp." = Parallelodon
"Macrodon sp." = Parallelodon Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria heslingtonensis n. sp. Trechmann 1917 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia parvula Trechmann 1917 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Retzia schwageri" = Schwagerispira schwageri
"Retzia schwageri" = Schwagerispira schwageri Bittner 1890
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Spirigera wreyi Zittel 1864
 Spiriferinida - Rastelligeridae
"Spiriferina nelsonensis n. sp." = Psioidea nelsonensis
"Spiriferina nelsonensis n. sp." = Psioidea nelsonensis Trechmann 1917
 Spiriferinida - Laballidae
"Spiriferina suessi" = Laballa suessi
"Spiriferina suessi" = Laballa suessi Winkler 1859
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina acutissima n. sp. Trechmann 1917