Where: Papua New Guinea (5.8° S, 144.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.9° S, 134.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kuabgen Group, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• about 2700 feet above base of Chimbu-Waghi section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, green, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1945. Mesozoic Fossils from the Central Highlands of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 56(2):151-168 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64223: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 04.09.2006

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