ammonites
E45/f9562 - Otapiri Gorge, Southland (Jurassic of New Zealand)

Also known as GS 5839; S169/0562

Where: New Zealand (47.0° S, 168.5° E: paleocoordinates 76.7° S, 47.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit, not stated in text. AGE: Lower Temaikan = Aalenian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marinelithified

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown environment, not stated in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology of lithification, not stated in text. Presumed to be lithified on the basis of age.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IGNS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: I.C. McKellar, 1952. REPOSITORY: Presumably the New Zealand Geological Survey (now GNS), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Primary reference: J. Marwick. 1953. Divisions and faunas of the Hokonui System (Triassic and Jurassic). New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 21 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63818: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2006

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