Presqu'île Mara: Changhsingian, New Caledonia
collected by J.B. Waterhouse, N. Noesmoen, J. Espirat 1964

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Attenuatella convexa n. sp. Waterhouse 1969
replaced by Attenuatella mepailensis
(15 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Bicarinella sp. Waterhouse 1966
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma trechmanni (Marwick 1934)
original and current combination Maitaia trechmanni
Atomodesma cf. trabeculum Waterhouse 1963
recombined as Trabeculatia trabeculum
see common names

Geography
Country:New Caledonia
Coordinates: 21.7° South, 165.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.8° South, 165.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Changhsingian
Age range of interval:254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Teremba Formation:Mara
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J.B. Waterhouse, N. Noesmoen, J. Espirat Collection dates:1964
Collection method comments: Repository: possibly University of Toronto (now ROM?)
Metadata
Database number:134258
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-10-05 10:15:08 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-05 10:15:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43187. J. B. Waterhouse. 1969. A new Permian fauna from New Caledonia, and its relationships to Gondwana and the Tethys. Gondwana Stratigraphy, IUGS Symposium Buenos Aires 1-15 October 1967 2:249-272 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]