GS7343, Letham Burn (D44/f9861) (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 71.0° S, 161.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Terrakea concava brachiopod zone, Letham Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by A.R. Mutch, 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 52771: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 19.08.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Terrakea concava" = Paucispinauria concava1
"Terrakea concava" = Paucispinauria concava1 Waterhouse 1964
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia maxwelli" = Echinalosia maxwelli1
"Strophalosia maxwelli" = Echinalosia maxwelli1 Waterhouse 1964
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Notospirifer microstriatus1 Waterhouse 1964
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Peruvispira imbricata Waterhouse 1963 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Stutchburia costata2 Morris 1845 clam
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria erecta3 Waterhouse 1982 scallop