JGB 1545, The Chimney, Wairaki Hills (D44/f052) (Triassic of New Zealand)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Aparimella apteryx Marwick 1953 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae