E45/f9444 - Otapiri Gorge, Southland (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS341 S169/444

Where: New Zealand (46.1° S, 168.5° E: paleocoordinates 77.6° S, 45.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Lower Temaikan = Aalenian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology of lithification, not stated in text. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: A. McKay, 1878. REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63817: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Limited, however exhaustive, to taxonomic group covered in monograph (Trigoniacea). NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and use of subgeneric and species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by G.R. Stevens and C.A. Fleming.
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Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis mackayi3
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya cf. spitiensis1
 Carditida - Astartidae
"? Astarte cf. sowerbyana" = Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana1
"? Astarte cf. sowerbyana" = Seebachia (Eoseebachia) sowerbyana1 Holdhaus 1913 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.2
Entolium sp.2 Meek 1865 scallop
1Fleming 1965; 2Marwick 1950; 3Stevens 1965