AU 7857, Awakino Gorge (R17/f8574) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (38.7° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 69.2° S, 71.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ngutunui Formation, Otapirian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. A. Grant-Mackie in 1981

• Repository: Auckland University

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134400: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Makoiamya cotterallae Grant-Mackie 2013 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae