Where: Indonesia (9.1° S, 124.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 126.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Halibete Member (Batuputih Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Halibete Mbr, which liews between the Lahurus and Nuren Members (coral reef limestones) of the Batuputih Fm, Kupang Gp. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness. AGE: Early Pleistocene, on the basis of the accompanying foraminiferal and nannofossil assemblag, which indicate the zone NN19 of Martini (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow, silty claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTOR: Collected during 1954-1957 by the Geological Dept of the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. REPOSITORY: Geological Dept of the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.

Primary reference: E. Robba, S. Sartono, D. Violanti and E. Erba. 1989. Early Pleistocene gastropods from Timor. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 31:61-113 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67971: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.12.2006

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