JDC 2285, Kaihiku Gorge (G46/f9737) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Also known as S179/f737

Where: New Zealand (46.3° S, 169.5° E: paleocoordinates 72.2° S, 147.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 J.D. Campbell, E.R. Force

• Repository: Otago University

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 135262: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Vetigastropoda - Cirridae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Mentzeliopsis sp. Trechmann 1917
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae