Vailala Creek [Late Miocene] (Miocene of Papua New Guinea)

Where: Papua New Guinea (8.0° S, 145.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.5° S, 143.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From undescribed lithostratigraphy, hence stratigraphic relationships are unknown. AGE: Late Miocene according to Chapman (1918). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the blue marl facies at this section, which is not described in detail.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but appears to be relatively shallow shelf depths.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wade

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. Wade, 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 78305: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Appears exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia, with many lists also providing foraminifera, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Material identified by F. Chapman (National Museum of Australia). Publication is not authoritative and very antiquated. Only taxa identified to species resolution are included by the enterer, to permit complete and accurate taxonomic vetting.
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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Arca cf. bataviana" = Arcopsis (Arcopsis) bataviana
"Arca cf. bataviana" = Arcopsis (Arcopsis) bataviana Martin 1883 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca biformis" = Anadara (Anadara) biformis
"Arca biformis" = Anadara (Anadara) biformis Martin 1883 ark