Where: Papua New Guinea (5.5° S, 144.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 128.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected in 1967
• Repository: Commonwealth Palaeontology Collection
Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1973. On the discovery of Halobiidae (Bivalvia, Triassic) in New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 126:51-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137285: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Daonella novoguineana n. sp." = Daonella (Arzelella) novoguineana
"Daonella novoguineana n. sp." = Daonella (Arzelella) novoguineana Skwarko 1973 oyster |