GS9697, Letham Burn (D44/f9001) (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: Southland, New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 73.2° S, 165.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mangarewa Formation (Productus Creek Group), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M. Hall, J.B. Waterhouse in 1960,1963,1964

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41796: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2004, edited by Leigh Fall

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Ambikella dissimilis" = Tomiopsis dissimilis
"Ambikella dissimilis" = Tomiopsis dissimilis Waterhouse 1964
n. ssp. subplicata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Aperispirifer lethamensis n. sp. Waterhouse 1968
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina anabathra n. sp. Waterhouse 1968
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Fletcherithyris galbina2 Waterhouse 1982
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Lethamia ligurritus n. gen. n. sp.2
Lethamia ligurritus n. gen. n. sp.2 Waterhouse 1973
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Cancrinella halli n. sp." = Costatumulus halli2
"Cancrinella halli n. sp." = Costatumulus halli2 Waterhouse 1982
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes beatusi2 Waterhouse 1964
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus mytiliformis1 Etheridge 1892 mussel
Misspelled 9679 on p. 127
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria parkesi3 Fletcher 1929 scallop
Streblochondria flexuosa n. sp.3 Waterhouse 1982 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis "sp. C"3 von Beyrich 1862 scallop