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H590, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -5.65,144.92 |
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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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H590, Kana River, 0.5 miles north-east of Gebal | Skwarko S. K. (1967) | Kana | 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. | "siliciclastic" | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Spiriferina abichi species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Spiriferinidae : Spiriferina : Spiriferina abichi | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Costatoria melanesiana species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Myophoriidae : Costatoria : Costatoria melanesiana | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Rhaphistomella kumbrufensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Rhaphistomella : Rhaphistomella kumbrufensis | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Dentalium sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium | 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!