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Locality 187, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -5.59,142.15 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Locality 187, Strickland River | Matsumoto T., Skwarko S. K. (1991) | Ieru | "Cenomanian, probably middle Cenomanian" | not reported | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) annulatum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Calycoceras : Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) annulatum | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) orientale species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Calycoceras : Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) orientale | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Pachydesmoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Pachydesmoceras | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Chimbuites mirindowensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pachydiscidae : Chimbuites : Chimbuites mirindowensis | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Matsumoto T., Skwarko S. K. (1991) Ammonites of the Cretaceous Ieru Formation, western Papua New Guinea, BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 12, 245-262 |
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!