Where: Papua New Guinea (8.6° S, 146.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 145.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undescribed lithostratigraphy, hence stratigraphic relationships are unknown. AGE: Pliocene according to Chapman (1918), who states that a large percentage of taxa are found living in adjacent seas, but on the basis of new fossil taxa and faunal similarities with Indonesia, a Pliocene age is suggested, Dun (?) has previously stated a Pliocene or Pleistocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From an unknown position with local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Wade
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A. Wade, and possibly Dun, early 1910's. REPOSITORY: National Museum of Australia.
Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1918. A report on a collection of Cainozoic fossils from the oil-fields of Papua. Bulletin of the Territory of Papua 5:1-17 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78263: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca compacta, Arca pilula, Arca radiata, Arca clathrata, "Arca granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa
Arca compacta ark
Arca pilula ark
Arca radiata Sowerby 1840 ark
Arca clathrata Reeve 1844 ark
"Arca granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Pecten pleuronectes" = Entolium membranaceum
"Pecten pleuronectes" = Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
"Placenta orbicularis" = Placuna
"Placenta orbicularis" = Placuna scallop | |
Venus (Chione) cf. pygmaea, Venus (Chione) aff. spurca, Dosinia cf. juvenilis, Dosinia pencillata, Dosinia cf. striatissima, Paphia declivis, "Venus (Chione) imbricata" = Timoclea imbricata, Meretrix trigona
Venus (Chione) cf. pygmaea venus clam
Venus (Chione) aff. spurca venus clam
Dosinia cf. juvenilis venus clam
Dosinia pencillata venus clam
Dosinia cf. striatissima venus clam
Paphia declivis venus clam
"Venus (Chione) imbricata" = Timoclea imbricata Sowerby 1826 venus clam
Meretrix trigona venus clam | |
Chama cf. praetexta jewel box | |
Cardium aff. leucostoma cockle | |
"Psammobia coerulescens" = Gari (Psammobia), Soletellina cf. cumingiana
"Psammobia coerulescens" = Gari (Psammobia) clam
Soletellina cf. cumingiana sunset shell | |
Solecurtus cf. philippinarum Dunker 1862 clam | |
"Fistulana grandis" = Eufistulana
"Fistulana grandis" = Eufistulana clam | |
"Corbula crassa" = Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa
"Corbula crassa" = Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa Hinds 1843 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium octogonum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica powisiana" = Polinices peselephanti, Natica melanostoma, Natica orientalis, "Natica mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla, Natica dubia, "Sigaretus cf. laevigatus" = Sinum
"Natica powisiana" = Polinices peselephanti Link 1807 moon snail
Natica melanostoma moon snail
Natica orientalis moon snail
"Natica mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Natica dubia Roemer 1836 moon snail
"Sigaretus cf. laevigatus" = Sinum moon snail | |
Littorina scabra Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
"Nassa gemmulata" = Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus
"Nassa gemmulata" = Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus Adams 1851 snail | |
Nassa siquijorensis true whelk | |
Cymbium cf. olla volute
Melo cf. aethiopica volute | |
Murex ternispina murex snail | |
"Drillia unizonalis" = Clavus unizonalis
"Drillia unizonalis" = Clavus unizonalis Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Turricula modesta snail | |
Turris babylonia turrid
Turris marmorata turrid | |
"Terebra hastata" = Hastula hastata, Terebra cancellata, Terebra pretiosa, Terebra strigillata, "Terebra cf. duplicata" = Terebra (Duplicaria) duplicata
"Terebra hastata" = Hastula hastata Gmelin 1791 auger snail
Terebra cancellata auger snail
Terebra pretiosa auger snail
Terebra strigillata auger snail
"Terebra cf. duplicata" = Terebra (Duplicaria) duplicata Lamarck 1822 auger snail | |
Conus glaucus, Conus ochroleucus, Conus radiatus, "Conus aculeiformis" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis, "Conus vimineus" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus
Conus glaucus cone shell
Conus ochroleucus cone shell
Conus radiatus cone shell
"Conus aculeiformis" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis Reeve 1844 cone shell
"Conus vimineus" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) vimineus Reeve 1849 cone shell | |
Clathurella arctata snail | |
Mitra tabanula mitre shell
Mitra variegata mitre shell
"Mitra flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Quoy 1832 mitre shell | |
Oliva ispidula olive snail
Oliva neostina olive snail
Oliva sidelia olive snail
Oliva acuminata Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
Seraphs cf. subulatum snail | |
"Rimella cancellata" = Varicospira cancellata
"Rimella cancellata" = Varicospira cancellata Lamarck 1816 snail | |
"Cassis (Semicassis) strigata" = Semicassis
"Cassis (Semicassis) strigata" = Semicassis snail | |
Dolium costatum Menke 1828 tun shell | |
Bursa interrupta frog shell
Bursa tuberculata frog shell
"Bursa crumena" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) crumena Lamarck 1816 frog shell | |
Xenophora aff. corrugata Reeve 1842 carrier shell | |
"Pyrula reticulatum" = Ficus, Pyrula dussumieri
"Pyrula reticulatum" = Ficus fig shell
Pyrula dussumieri Kiener 1840 fig shell | |
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell | |
Cerithium pauxillum cerith snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
"Solarium maximum" = Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima
"Solarium maximum" = Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima Philippi 1849 sundial | |
Pyramidella cincta snail
Pyramidella sulcata Adams 1855 snail |