GS11136, Sutherland Farm (G45/f8686) (Permian of New Zealand)

Where: Southland, New Zealand (46.1° S, 169.2° E: paleocoordinates 76.3° S, 178.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Martiniopsis woodi brachiopod zone, AG4 Formation (Arthurton Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Martiniopsis woodi Zone of "Kalabaghian Substage" - correlated to Wuchiapingian in recent papers.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by J.B. Waterhouse, T.J. Barrett in 1972

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1976. New occurrences of brachiopod and bivalve species from the Arthurton Group of South Otago and Southland, New Zealand with comments on structure and stratigraphy. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(2):227-252 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39924: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2004, edited by Leigh Fall

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Filiconcha sp. Dear 1969
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Martiniopsis woodi Waterhouse 1964
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer arthurtonensis" = Simplicisulcus arthurtonensis
"Neospirifer arthurtonensis" = Simplicisulcus arthurtonensis Waterhouse 1968
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Lamnaespina transennata Waterhouse 1976