Where: New Zealand (38.7° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 69.2° S, 71.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Murihiku Group, Otapirian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)
• from close to the Otapirian-Aratauran boundary
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.D. Campbell, D.S. Coombs in 1954
• Repository: Otago 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 134413: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Sakawairhynchia mokauensis n. sp.
Sakawairhynchia mokauensis n. sp. MacFarlan 1992 |