Where: New Zealand (40.0° S, 174.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 175.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: 3 Member (Baton River Formation), Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified, bioturbated, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Bradshaw (1988: 780) notes this collection primarily from member 3
Primary reference: J. Shirley. 1938. The fauna of the Baton River Beds (Devonian), New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:459-506 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77224: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 02.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Pleurodictyum megastomum tabulate coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Schizophoria provulvaria" = Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria) provulvaria
"Schizophoria provulvaria" = Schizophoria (Rhenoschizophoria) provulvaria Mauer 1886 | |
"Spirifer arduennensis" = Arduspirifer arduennensis
"Spirifer arduennensis" = Arduspirifer arduennensis Schnur 1853 | |
Strophomenata | |
Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
"Hipparionyx minor" = Hipparionix
"Hipparionyx minor" = Hipparionix | |
Trilobita | |
Homalonotus sp. König 1825 trilobite |