G47/f7587 - Balclutha-Papatowai Highway, Otago: Aalenian, New Zealand
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Vaugonia (Hijitrigonia) kahuika
Fleming 1987
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | New Zealand |
Coordinates: | 46.5° South, 169.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 77.6° South, 42.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Aalenian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
Key time interval: | Aalenian | ||
Age range of interval: | 174.70000 - 170.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Lower Temaikan = Aalenian. |
Lithology and environment
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology of lithification, not stated in text. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: I.G. Speden, 1956. REPOSITORY: Presumably the University of Otago (OU), Dunedin, New Zealand. | |
Taxonomic list comments: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 C.A. Fleming. |
Metadata
Also known as: | OU3307 | ||
Database number: | 63734 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-19 18:53:46 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-19 18:53:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18321. | C. A. Fleming. 1987. New Zealand Mesozoic Bivalves of the Superfamily Trigoniacea. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 53 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |