Ab22, Yuat River: Carnian, Papua New Guinea
collected by D.B. Dow 1966

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae
? Parapopanoceras wapii Skwarko 1973
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia (Gervillia) simbaiana Skwarko 1967
recombined as Virgellia simbaiana
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Guineana jimiensis Skwarko 1967
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 5.0° South, 144.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° South, 121.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 228.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yuat
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:D.B. Dow Collection dates:1966
Collection method comments: Repository: Commonwealth Palaeontology Collection
Metadata
Database number:137323
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-12-14 13:04:38 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-14 13:04:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43924. S. K. Skwarko. 1973. Middle and Upper Triassic Mollusca from Yuat River, eastern New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 126:27-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]