Where: Southland, New Zealand (45.2° S, 167.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° S, 167.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wesney Siltstone Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Mangapirian local stage = lower Artinskian (and possibly also extreme uppermost Sakmarian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 41798: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2004

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