Sifu, western Buru Island (Triassic of Indonesia)

Where: Maluku, Indonesia (3.2° S, 126.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.8° N, 122.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "[Lower Norian]" (Krumbeck 1913)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray marl

• "[mica-poor, dark grey-black, brightly brown-weathered, friable, bituminous marlstone]" (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 204490: 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
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
? Sagenites sp.
? Sagenites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Bivalvia
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Fogiella cf. deningeri
Fogiella cf. deningeri Krumbeck 1913 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Aequipecten) buruticus" = Pecten buruticus
"Pecten (Aequipecten) buruticus" = Pecten buruticus Boehm 1903 scallop
Actinopteri
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
? Pholidophorus sp.
? Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832