Where: Papua New Guinea (5.0° S, 144.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 48.2° S, 129.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yuat Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by S.K. Skwarko in 1967
• 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 137334: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
? Sisenna novoguineana n. sp.
? Sisenna novoguineana n. sp. Skwarko 1973 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Dacryomya tarua Skwarko 1973 pointed nut clam | |
Gervillancea coxiella Skwarko 1967 oyster |