GS7811, Letham Burn (D44/f9882) (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: Southland, New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 73.8° S, 168.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mangarewa Formation (Productus Creek Group), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Small outcrop 18 inches square

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Hall, 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 41788: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2004, edited by Leigh Fall

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Terrakea brachythaerum" = Terrakea brachythaera6
"Terrakea brachythaerum" = Terrakea brachythaera6 Morris 1845
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Notospirifer macropustulosus" = Mesopunctia macropustulosus3
"Notospirifer macropustulosus" = Mesopunctia macropustulosus3 Waterhouse 1968
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Fletcherithyris galbina6 Waterhouse 1982
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Glyptoleda flexuosa2 Waterhouse 1964 pointed nut clam
Nucundata undata2 Waterhouse 1964 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis oviformis2 Waterhouse 1964 nut clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Stutchburia compressa5, "Permophoridae indet." = Kalenteridae5
Stutchburia compressa5 Morris 1845 clam
"Permophoridae indet." = Kalenteridae5 Marwick 1953 clam
Stutchburia sp. or Permophorus sp.
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Globicarina "sp. A"4 Waterhouse 1965 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Vacunella curvata ornata n. ssp.4 Waterhouse 1969 clam
Pachymyonia triangulata4 Waterhouse 1969 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Platyteichum loratum1 Waterhouse 1963 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia micromphala Morris 1845 snail