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Collection: H590, Kana River, 0.5 miles north-east of Gebal Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Age | 237 - 228 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
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Interval | Carnian |
Lat/Long | -5.65,144.92 |
Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
Location | H590 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Madang Province, Papua New Guinea |
Geographic Scale | outcrop |
Geographic Comments | Obulu Run 2a Photo 5057 |
Formation | Kana |
Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
Straigraphic Comments | Age originally given as "Carnian-Norian" only because all fossils are also found in underlying Jimi Formation. However, ammonoid Sirenites from Jimi Formation is more characteristically Carnian. |
Lithology | "siliciclastic" |
Environment | marine indet. |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Spiriferina abichi species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Spiriferinidae : Spiriferina : Spiriferina abichi | low Mg calcite mold/impression | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Costatoria melanesiana species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophoriidae : Costatoria : Costatoria melanesiana | aragonite mold/impression | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Rhaphistomella kumbrufensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Rhaphistomella : Rhaphistomella kumbrufensis | aragonite mold/impression | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Dentalium genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium | aragonite mold/impression | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!