Where: Papua New Guinea (5.9° S, 144.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° S, 112.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maril Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Commonwealth Palaeontology Collection (material described by Glaessner, 1945)
Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1967. First Upper Triassic and ? Lower Jurassic marine Mollusca from New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 75:39-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137282: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Malayomaorica malayomaorica Krumbeck 1923 scallop |