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Specimen 1 PALAEOZOIC: | top |
Phylum: PROTOCHORDATA
Specimen 1 PALAEOZOIC
Subphylum: Hemichordata
Class: Graptolithina
Order: Graptoloidea
Family: Dicranograptiidae
Genus: Orthograptus
Species: Orthograptus sp. indet.
Locality:

Preservation Inlet, Fiordland, N. Z.

Age: Eastonian Stage – late Ordovician
Preservation: Minerally replaced chiton skeleton.
Collected: Michael K. Eagle – 18.06.1994
Common name: graptolites
Specimen 6 PALAEOZOIC: | top |
Phylum: ECHINODERMATA
Specimen 6 PALAEOZOIC
Class: Crinoidea Miller, 1821
Subclass: Camerata Wachsmuth & Springer, 1885
Order: Diplobathrida Moore & Laudon, 1943
Suborder: Eudiplobathrina Ubaghs, 1953
Superfamily: Rhodocrinitacea Roemer, 1855
Family: Reteocrinidae Wachsmuth & Springer, 1885
Genus: Reteocrinus Billings, 1859
Species: Reteocrinus sp. indet.
Locality: Mt. Arthur Limestone, Hailes Knob,
Upper Takaka, North West Nelson, N. Z.
Age: Ashgillian Stage – late Ordovician
Preservation: Mineralised skeletal ossicles metamorphosed.
Collected: Michael. K. Eagle – 25.02.1994
Common name: crinoid (same Phylum as starfish)
Specimen 9 PALAEOZOIC: | top |
Phylum: ARTHROPODA
Specimen 9 PALAEOZOIC
Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Dorypygidae
Genus: Olenoides
Species: Olenoides sp. indet.
Locality: Cobb Valley, North West Nelson, N. Z.
Age: Late middle Cambrian (The oldest fossil in NZ)
Preservation: Rock matrix casts and moulds of moults (Head shield and eye pieces).
Collected: Michael K. Eagle – 16.02.1995
Common name: trilobite
Specimen 13 PALAEOZOIC: | top |
Phylum: BRACHIOPODA
Specimen 13 PALAEOZOIC
Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
Class: Articulata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Athyridae
Genus: Clavigera
Species: Clavigera bisulcata
Locality: Coastline cliffs, Taharoa, west Waikato, N.Z.
Age: Otapirian Stage – late Triassic.
Preservation: Internal matrix cast.
Collected: Michael K. Eagle – 15-05-1989
Common name: trilobite


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