Where: New Zealand (40.1° S, 176.0° E: paleocoordinates 82.5° S, 36.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• Ohauan
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by M. Marden in 1978
• Repository: Department of Soil Science, Massey University
Primary reference: M. Marden, J. A. Simes, and H. J. Campbell. 1987. Two Mesozoic faunas from Torlesse melange terrane, (Ruahine Range), New Zealand, and new evidence for Oretian correlation. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 30:389-399 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137847: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Retroceramus haasti Hochstetter 1863 clam |