Hepiri [blue marl facies] (Miocene of Papua New Guinea)

Where: Papua New Guinea (7.8° S, 145.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° S, 143.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• 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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; shelly/skeletal, blue marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but appears to be relatively deeper shelf depths.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Blue marl with shells. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wade

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. Wade, early 1910's. REPOSITORY: National Museum of Australia.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78302: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 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.
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium djiki tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. incisa Martin 1883 oyster
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus insculptus cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Conescharellinidae