R15/f8034 - Waitapu Inlet, Kawhia Harbour (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 1191; N73/f0034

Where: New Zealand (38.1° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 75.2° S, 58.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Ururoan = Late Pleinsbachian-Toarcian, here assigned to the Toarcian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology or 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: J. Henderson, 1921. 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 63831: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for bivalvia and cephalopoda. NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and use of subgeneric and species names. IDENTIFICATION: All older collections re-identified by J. Mariwck
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pseudaucella marshalli Trechmann 1923 pearl oyster