Where: New Zealand (38.1° S, 174.7° E: paleocoordinates 69.2° S, 72.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Otapirian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the IGNS
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 38956: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 17.05.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Callospiriferina kawhiana Trechmann 1917 | |
Bivalvia | |
Maoritrigonia sp. Fleming 1962 clam |