Where: Papua New Guinea (5.0° S, 144.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.6° 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 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 137337: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Hungarites (Israelites) sp." = Israelites
"Hungarites (Israelites) sp." = Israelites Parnes 1962 ceratite | |
Paraceratites cf. trinodosus von Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite
Beyrichites yuati Skwarko 1973 ceratite | |
Discoptychites aff. megalodiscus Beyrich 1867 ceratite | |
Parapopanoceras wapii Skwarko 1973 ceratite | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |