Where: New Zealand (38.5° S, 174.8° E: paleocoordinates 77.8° S, 54.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aalenian to Aalenian (174.1 - 157.3 Ma)
• local stage: Temaikan
• 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 38964: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 17.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Meleagrinella cf. echinata Smith 1819 scallop |