Where: New Caledonia (22.1° S, 166.1° E: paleocoordinates 57.1° S, 109.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Otamitan (221.5 - 212.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S. Freneix in 1975; reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: S. Freneix and J. Avias. 1977. Caledogonia, a new smooth trigoniacean bivalve from the Triassic of New Zealand. Alcheringa 1:279-291 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137191: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Caledogonia globosa Freneix and Avias 1977 clam |