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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Plicatula (Harpax) cf. rapa" = Harpax rapa
"Plicatula (Harpax) cf. rapa" = Harpax rapa Bayle and Coquand 1851 scallop | |
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) sp. Cossman 1904 oyster |