GS7344, Letham Burn (D44/f9862) (Permian of New Zealand)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 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 2, Pleurotomariacea (in part). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:115-154 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall/L. Fall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52838: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 23.08.2005, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Glyptoleda glomerata3 Fletcher 1945 pointed nut clam
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma obliquatum n. sp.1 Waterhouse 1963 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Myonia "sp. A"4 Dana 1847 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Platyteichum loratum Waterhouse 1963 snail
Peruvispira imbricata2 Waterhouse 1963 snail