Where: Papua New Guinea (5.0° S, 144.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 128.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yuat Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by D.B. Dow in 1966
• Repository: Commonwealth Palaeontology Collection
Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1973. Middle and Upper Triassic Mollusca from Yuat River, eastern New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 126:27-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137325: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Cephalopoda | |
Germanonautilus "sp. A" von Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid
Germanonautilus "cf. sp. A" von Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid | |
Ptychites cf. stachei von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite | |
Beyrichites yuati n. sp.
Beyrichites yuati n. sp. Skwarko 1973 ceratite | |
Parapopanoceras wapii n. sp.
Parapopanoceras wapii n. sp. Skwarko 1973 ceratite |