JDC 2711N, Mount Heslington, Nelson (N28/f158) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 173.1° E: paleocoordinates 72.6° S, 90.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oretian (227.5 - 221.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J.D. Campbell

• Repository: Otago University

Primary reference: J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. New Zealand and New Caledonian Triassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33:223-268 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137490: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Murihikua aparima n. sp. Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003 snail