Entrance to Wairoa Gorge (Triassic of New Zealand)
Where: New Zealand (41.4° S, 173.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 80.5° S, 81.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)
• "Lower Carnic" (Trechmann 1917)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201947: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 11.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
"Megalodon globularis n. sp." = Mysidioptera globularis
"Megalodon globularis n. sp." = Mysidioptera globularis Trechmann 1917 file clam | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina cf. austriaca" = Zugmayerella uncinata
"Spiriferina cf. austriaca" = Zugmayerella uncinata Schafhautl 1851 | |