Also known as S169/f641
Where: New Zealand (46.0° S, 168.7° E: paleocoordinates 75.2° S, 99.9° 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 I.C. McKellar, P.M. Chandler in 1955; 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 137856: 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 |