GS5863, near Ohai (D45/f7572) (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: Southland, New Zealand (45.9° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 74.6° S, 173.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Spinomartinia spinosa brachiopod zone, Nemo Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• coral-rich limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Specimens held by New Zealand Geological Survey

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse and A. R. Mutch. 1978. Description and paleoecology of Permian brachiopods from the Nemo Formation near Ohai, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 21:517-530 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73851: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 04.07.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma sp.
Atomodesma sp. Beyrich 1865 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Terrakea sp.
Terrakea sp. Booker 1929
fragment of mature ventral valve and second fragment
 Productida - Productidae
Horridonia sp. n. sp.
Horridonia sp. n. sp. Chao 1927
single ventral valve
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
? Waagenoconcha sp.
? Waagenoconcha sp.
immature dorsal valve
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Capillonia brevisulcus
Capillonia brevisulcus Waterhouse 1964
mixture of mature and immature valves, and a few whole specimens
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida -
"Spiriferinacea indet." = Spiriferinoidea
"Spiriferinacea indet." = Spiriferinoidea Davidson 1884
single dorsla and ventral valve
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Tomiopsis isbelliformis n. sp.
Tomiopsis isbelliformis n. sp. Waterhouse and Mutch 1978
11 mature ventral vvalves, three smaller ventral valves, two mature dorsal valves and one immature dorsal valve
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Spinomartinia spinosa
Spinomartinia spinosa Waterhouse 1968
23 ventral valves, 14 dorsal valves
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
? Neospirifer sp.
? Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
three mature and two immature ventral valves and a fragment s small dorsal valve
Articulata
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Articulata indet.
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831