Also known as Murua; Muyua
Where: Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (9.1° S, 152.7° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 153.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, gray, blue limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by de Vis
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: R. E. Molnar. 1982. A longirostrine crocodilian from Murua (Woodlark), Solomon Sea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(3):675-685 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144584: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 13.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Halicore brevirostre n. sp." = Dugong
"Halicore brevirostre n. sp." = Dugong dugong | |
| Reptilia | |
Chelone murua n. sp.
Chelone murua n. sp. de Vis 1905 sea turtle | |
Gavialis papuensis n. sp.
Gavialis papuensis n. sp. de Vis 1905 crocodilian QM F340, 341 and 406 (partial mandible, tooth, two cervicals, one dorsal, one sacral, two caudals and one dorsal scute)
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