20NG0013, Yuat River (Triassic of Papua New Guinea)

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
 Ceratitida - Hungaritidae
"Hungarites (Israelites) sp." = Israelites
"Hungarites (Israelites) sp." = Israelites Parnes 1962 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Paraceratites cf. trinodosus von Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite
Beyrichites yuati Skwarko 1973 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Discoptychites aff. megalodiscus Beyrich 1867 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae
Parapopanoceras wapii Skwarko 1973 ceratite
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily