ERF 253, Aparima Valley (D44/f9043) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Also known as S159/f1043

Where: New Zealand (45.7° S, 167.8° E: paleocoordinates 70.9° S, 148.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Kaihikuan

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by E.R. Force

Primary reference: E. R. Force and J. D. Campbell. 1974. Some faunas and formations of Kaihikuan Age (Middle Triassic) in the Murihiku Supergroup. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 17:389-402 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134799: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Spiriferina kaihikuana" = Alipunctifera kaihikuana
"Spiriferina kaihikuana" = Alipunctifera kaihikuana Trechmann 1917
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina carolinae Trechmann 1917
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Mentzeliopsis sp. Trechmann 1917
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella zealandica" = Sakawairhynchia zealandica
"Rhynchonella zealandica" = Sakawairhynchia zealandica Trechmann 1917
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
""Dielasma" zealandica" = Fletcherina zealandica
""Dielasma" zealandica" = Fletcherina zealandica Trechmann 1917