Where: New Zealand (46.1° S, 168.5° E: paleocoordinates 73.1° S, 59.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 182.7 Ma)
• local stage: Aratauran
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: S. E. Damborenea and M. O. Mancenido. 1992. A comparison of Jurassic marine benthonic faunas from South America and New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 22(2):131-152 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38928: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 17.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Palmoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma)
"Palmoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma) Cox 1961 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Furcirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917 |