Rokaiwhana Catchment (T23/f3) (Jurassic of New Zealand)

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
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Retroceramus haasti Hochstetter 1863 clam