Also known as S160/f501
Where: New Zealand (45.9° S, 168.4° E: paleocoordinates 75.2° S, 101.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oretian (227.5 - 221.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by A.C. Beck, B.L. Wood in 1950; reposited in the IGNS
Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1979. The Upper Triassic Bivalve Oretia Marwick 1953. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 22:621-625 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137853: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oretia coxi Marwick 1953 oyster |