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Kuta locality 6, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -6.73333,144.667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Western Highland, Papua New Guinea |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Kuta locality 6 | Skwarko S. K., Nicoll R. S., et al (1976) | Kuta | In places the limestone appears to grade laterally into calcareous breccia containing fragments of metamorphic rocks. The limestone rests on, and in places grades laterally into, a coarse, calcerous arkose, which in turn unconformably overlies the Kubor Granodiorite of the Omung Metamorphics. The formation is overlain by either the Late Jurassic Maril Shale or the Early Crestaceous Kondake Tuff. | "limestone" | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Clavigera sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Clavigera | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Hagabirhynchia sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Allorhynchidae : Hagabirhynchia | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Costirhynchia sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Costirhynchia | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Spiriferinida order | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Dielasma itaitubense species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Dielasmatidae : Dielasma : Dielasma itaitubense | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Misikella posthernsteini species | Animalia : Chordata : Misikella : Misikella posthernsteini | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Arcestes sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Arcestidae : Arcestes | 208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
References
Skwarko S. K., Nicoll R. S., et al (1976) The Late Triassic molluscs, conodonts, and brachiopods of the kuta Formation, Papua New Guinea, Journal of Austrialian Geology and Geophysics 1, 219-230 |
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!