GS 434, 88 Valley (N28/f7468): Otamitan, New Zealand
collected by A. McKay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Maorirhynchia taringaturana MacFarlan 1992
MacFarlan 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Hokonuia limaeformis Trechmann 1917
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Rhacophyllites debilis (Hauer 1846)
Kummel 1960
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 41.5° South, 173.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:70.1° South, 74.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Otamitan
Age range of interval: 221 - 217 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IGNS
Collectors:A. McKay
Metadata
Database number:134447
Authorizer:M. Clapham, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Clapham, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-10-08 15:23:11 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-08 15:23:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43881. J. B. Waterhouse. 1960. Some Carnian pelecypods from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88:425-442 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

73978 B. Kummel. 1960. New Zealand Triassic ammonoids. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 3(3):486-509 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
43142 D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]