Limi, Modhat Plateau, western Buru Island (Triassic of Indonesia)

Where: Maluku, Indonesia (3.3° S, 126.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 123.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Modhat Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray limestone

• "[The fossils found in the Limi Valley are from a medium-grey, often very fine-grained or dense, often reddish, limestone.]" (Krumbeck 1913)

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 204488: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Neotibetites weteringi
Neotibetites weteringi Krumbeck 1913 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
"Trachydomia wanneri" = Trachynerita wanneri
"Trachydomia wanneri" = Trachynerita wanneri Krumbeck 1913 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Aequipecten) clignetti" = Indopecten clignetti
"Pecten (Aequipecten) clignetti" = Indopecten clignetti Boehm 1906 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis aff. mortilleti
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Alectryonia parasitica
Alectryonia parasitica Krumbeck 1913 oyster
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
"Cardita buruca" = Palaeocardita buruca
"Cardita buruca" = Palaeocardita buruca Boehm 1906 clam