GS 11829, Packers Creek (O27/f4) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (41.3° S, 173.4° E: paleocoordinates 68.0° S, 64.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Richmond Group, Otapirian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M.R. Johnston, G.R. Stevens; reposited in the IGNS

Primary reference: M. R. Johnston and G. R. Stevens. 1977. New fossil localities in the Richmond Group, Nelson. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 20:567-569 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137867: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Rastelligeridae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
"Clavigera bisulcata" = Hectoria bisulcata
"Clavigera bisulcata" = Hectoria bisulcata Hector 1878
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Torastarte bensoni Marwick 1953 clam