Ainim River 78NR196 (float) (Permian of Indonesia)

Where: Irian Jaya, Indonesia (1.2° S, 132.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 133.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aifat Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by N. Ratman in 1978

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: Paleontology Laboratory, Geological Research and Development Centre, Bandung, Indonesia with Indonesian Macropaleontological Collection (IMC) numbers.

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold. 1981. Permian brachiopods from western Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Geological Research and Development Centre, Paleontology Series 2:1-25 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81375: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
"Iriania jayae n. gen. n. sp." = Brachymetopus jayae
"Iriania jayae n. gen. n. sp." = Brachymetopus jayae Archbold 1981 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia cf. ratburiensis Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma ratmani n. sp. Archbold 1981
Stenoscisma sp. nov. illustrated by Archbold et al., 1982
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Stereochia irianensis Archbold 1981
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Chonetinella ainimi Archbold 1981