Where: Papua New Guinea (6.7° S, 144.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 135.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• Greensands with Mantelliceras and other acanthoceratids
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.D. Mott
Primary reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1958. New Cretaceous fossils from New Guinea, with a contribution on a new ammonite genus. Records of the South Australian Museum 13:199-226 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174836: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Trigonia" papuana n. sp.
"Trigonia" papuana n. sp. Glaessner 1958 clam | |
Sedentaria | |
Rotularia spirulaeoides n. sp.
Rotularia spirulaeoides n. sp. Glaessner 1958 |