Where: New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.2° E: paleocoordinates 74.7° S, 173.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wairaki Breccia Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.B. Waterhouse
Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. Permian gastropods of New Zealand; Part 3, Pleurotomariacea (concluded). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:587-622 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52245: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 01.08.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Wairakiella rostrata1 Waterhouse 1967 | |
Plekonella iniquitas1 Waterhouse 1967 | |
? Labaia sp.2 Licharew 1956 | |
Neospirifer sp.1 Fredericks 1919 | |
Gastropoda | |
Peruvispira volupta Waterhouse 1963 snail |