Walhunga, western Buru Island (Triassic of Indonesia)

Where: Maluku, Indonesia (3.4° S, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 122.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fogi Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• "[Lower Norian]" (Krumbeck 1913)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Krumbeck. 1913. Obere Trias von Buru und Misól (Die Fogi-Schichten und Asphaltschiefer West-Burus und der Athyridenkalk des Misól-Archipels). Palaeontographica Supplement 4(2):1-162 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204486: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alectryonia parasitica Krumbeck 1913 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten clignetti Boehm 1906 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) sp." = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) sp." = Plagiostoma Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
"Cardita buruca" = Palaeocardita buruca
"Cardita buruca" = Palaeocardita buruca Boehm 1906 clam
 Thraciida - Burmesiidae
Burmesia aff. lirata Healey 1908 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya sublariana Krumbeck 1913 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda (Phaenodesmia) sp." = Nuculana
"Leda (Phaenodesmia) sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Neotibetites weteringi Krumbeck 1913 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail