OU coll, Pitfure Valley (N28/f178) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 173.1° E: paleocoordinates 73.0° S, 90.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oretian (227.5 - 221.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by G.W. Grindley, W.A Watters

• 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 134443: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Murihikurhynchia pitfurensis n. sp. MacFarlan 1992