AU 6487, Puerua River (G46/f9591) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.3° S, 169.5° E: paleocoordinates 71.7° S, 64.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Otapirian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J.A. Grant-Mackie in 1968

• 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 135256: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Fissirhynchia pacifica MacFarlan 1992
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Makoiamya cotterallae Grant-Mackie 2013 clam