Where: New Zealand (45.9° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 72.8° S, 156.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Etalian
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.D. Campbell
• Repository: Otago University
Primary reference: J. G. Begg and H. J. Campbell. 1985. Etalia, a new Middle Triassic (Anisian) bivalve from New Zealand, and its relationship with other pteriomorphs. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 28:725-741 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134918: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Etalia johnstoni Begg and Campbell 1985 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Wairakirhynchia morleyensis MacFarlan 1992 |