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H185, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -5.575,144.85 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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H185, 12 miles east of Tabibuga | Skwarko S. K. (1967) | Jimi | Age originally given as "Carnian-Norian" but ammonoid Sirenites is more characteristically Carnian. | "siliciclastic" | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Myophoriopis sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Myophoricardiidae : Myophoriopis | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Mytilus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Virgellia simbaiana species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Virgellia : Virgellia simbaiana | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Skwarko S. K. (1967) First Upper Triassic and ? Lower Jurassic marine Mollusca from New Guinea, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 75, 39-84 |
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!