Ab20, Yuat River: Anisian, Papua New Guinea
collected by D.B. Dow 1966

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites cf. stachei von Mojsisovics 1882
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Beyrichites yuati n. sp. Skwarko 1973
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae
Parapopanoceras wapii n. sp. Skwarko 1973
(2 measurements)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Germanonautilus informal sp. A von Mojsisovics 1902
(1 measurement)
Germanonautilus informal cf. sp. A
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 5.0° South, 144.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° South, 128.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 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:137325
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-12-14 13:07:53 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-14 13:07:53
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]