Where: Papua New Guinea (5.1° S, 141.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 132.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ieru Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• "Cenomanian, probably middle Cenomanian"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Repository: Commonwealth Palaeontology Collection, Canberra (CPC)
Primary reference: T. Matsumoto and S. K. Skwarko. 1991. Ammonites of the Cretaceous Ieru Formation, western Papua New Guinea. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 12:245-262 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177070: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Acanthoceras rhotomagense Brongniart 1822 ammonite |