Where: New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.1° E: paleocoordinates 71.5° S, 148.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taringatura Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Kaihikuan
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.G. Begg
Primary reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44460: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 12.09.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aparimella apteryx Marwick 1953 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Sakawairhynchia zealandica Trechmann 1917 |