Where: Nelson, New Zealand (41.1° S, 173.5° E: paleocoordinates 76.3° S, 158.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aperispirifer nelsonensis brachiopod zone, Stephens Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.B. Waterhouse in 1963

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. Permian Pectinacea and Limacea (Bivalvia) from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 49:1-75 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52796: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 20.08.2005

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