AU 326, Awakino Gorge (R18/f6562): Otapirian, New Zealand
collected by J.A. Grant-Mackie 1955

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Sakawairhynchia marokopana MacFarlan 1992
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria spiculata MacFarlan and Campbell 2003
MacFarlan and Campbell 2003
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Talantodiscus trechmanni (Marwick 1953)
Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003
see common names

Geography
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates: 38.7° South, 174.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:69.2° South, 71.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Otapirian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Murihiku
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from close to the Otapirian-Aratauran boundary
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
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
Collectors:J.A. Grant-Mackie Collection dates:1955
Collection method comments: Repository: Auckland University
Metadata
Database number:85017
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-21 04:15:24 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-21 04:15:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

43989 J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. New Zealand and New Caledonian Triassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33:223-268 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
28535 D. A. B. MacFarlan and J. D. Campbell. 2003. Zeilleria spiculata, a new terebratulide brachiopod from the latest Triassic-earliest Jurassic of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):213-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]