Muru [blue marl facies]: Late/Upper Miocene, Papua New Guinea
collected by Wade
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rotaliidae
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Rotalia broekhiana
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Rotalia schroeteriana
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unclassified
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Cristellaria rotulata
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Polymorphina elegantissima
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
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Miliolina vulgaris
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Nassa tambacana
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris (Surcula) cf. djiki
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus vimineus
Reeve 1849
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| recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula crassa
Hinds 1843
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| recombined as Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa | |||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium octogonum
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Geography
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Coordinates: | 7.8° South, 145.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.3° South, 143.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undescribed lithostratigraphy, hence stratigraphic relationships are unknown. AGE: Late Miocene according to Chapman (1918). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the blue marl facies at this section, which is not described in detail. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,blue marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Bluish shell marl. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but appears to be relatively shallow shelf depths. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Wade |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Wade, early 1910's. REPOSITORY: National Museum of Australia. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Appears exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia, with many lists also providing foraminifera, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Material identified by F. Chapman (National Museum of Australia). Publication is not authoritative and very antiquated. Only taxa identified to species resolution are included by the enterer, to permit complete and accurate taxonomic vetting. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78304 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-01 13:30:16 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-02-01 13:30:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26357. | F. Chapman. 1918. A report on a collection of Cainozoic fossils from the oil-fields of Papua. Bulletin of the Territory of Papua 5:1-17 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |