GS5077, Arthurton (G45/f8592) (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: Southland, New Zealand (46.1° S, 169.2° E: paleocoordinates 75.7° S, 175.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Plekonella multicostata brachiopod zone, AG4 Formation (Arthurton Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.B. Waterhouse

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. Permian gastropods of New Zealand; Part 1, Bellerophontacea and Euomphalacea. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:88-112 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41771: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2004, edited by Leigh Fall

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites (Retispira) sp." = Retispira
"Knightites (Retispira) sp." = Retispira Knight 1945 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
"Atomodesma ? woodi" = Mytilidesmatella woodi1
"Atomodesma ? woodi" = Mytilidesmatella woodi1 Waterhouse 1963 clam
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria orbiculata n. sp.5 Waterhouse 1982 scallop
Rhynchonellata
  -
Rhynchonellata "Gen. and sp. indet. C"3 Williams et al. 1996
Spiriferid or spiriferinid
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.4 Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Plekonella multicostata2 Waterhouse 1964
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
? Phricodothyris sp.4 George 1932
= ?Elythid
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer cf. arthurtonensis" = Simplicisulcus arthurtonensis3
"Neospirifer cf. arthurtonensis" = Simplicisulcus arthurtonensis3 Waterhouse 1968
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Ingelarella parallela n. sp." = Ingelarella mantuanensis2 Campbell 1960
Notospirifer microspinosus3 Waterhouse 1968
Ambikella sp.3 Sahni and Srivastava 1956
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina laqueata n. sp.3 Waterhouse 1968
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Maorielasma ? callosum4 Campbell 1965
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
Marinurnula rugulata2 Waterhouse 1964
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Lethamia collina4 Waterhouse 1982
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Terrakea verecundum n. sp." = Paucispinauria verecunda4, ? Cancrinella sp.4
"Terrakea verecundum n. sp." = Paucispinauria verecunda4 Waterhouse 1982
 Orthotetida -
Orthotetidina indet.4 Waagen 1884