Coast of Baie Inaccessible, locality f592 (Jurassic to of New Caledonia)

Where: New Caledonia (22.1° S, 166.2° E: paleocoordinates 57.7° S, 100.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Téremba Member (Bouraké B Formation), Middle Hettangian to Middle Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• Téremba unit is part of the Bouraké B Formation.

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, argillaceous sandstone and tuff

• Often fossiliferous deposits (vitritic tuff) on a middle to external platform or slope.
• The upper part of the Téremba unit shows epiclastic deposits (graywacke, cinerite) or fine pyroclastic.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, original aragonite

Primary reference: C. Meister, P. Maurizot, and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2010. Early Jurassic (Hettangian - Sinemurian) Ammonites from New Caledonia (French Overseas Territory, Western Pacific). Paleontological Research 14(2):85-118 [A. Kocsis/M. Gomez Correa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198408: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Monica Alejandra Gomez Correa on 16.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras cf. psilomorphum
Phylloceras cf. psilomorphum Neumayr 1879 ammonite