Otapiri Valley E49 (Jurassic to of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (46.0° S, 168.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 74.8° S, 64.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian to Late/Upper Pliensbachian (192.9 - 170.9 Ma)

• local stage: Ururoan

• 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 38932: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 17.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula (Harpax) cf. rapa" = Harpax rapa
"Plicatula (Harpax) cf. rapa" = Harpax rapa Bayle and Coquand 1851 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) sp. Cossman 1904 oyster