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Melawi Group, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 0.083333,111.483 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Melawi Group | Kanno S. (1978) | Melawi | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Melawi Group, for which lithostratigraphic contacts are not reported. AGE: Late Eocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy and macrofaunal similarity with other regional units. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within group. | "shale" | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Barbatia sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Barbatia | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Corbula (Tenuicorbula) dajacensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Corbulidae : Corbula : Corbula (Tenuicorbula) dajacensis | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Batissa sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Cyrenidae : Batissa | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Latirus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Latirus | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Paludomus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Paludomidae : Paludomus | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Paludomus gracilis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Paludomidae : Paludomus : Paludomus gracilis | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Thiara sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Thiaridae : Thiara | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Kanno S. (1978) Brackish molluscan fauna (upper Eocene) from the Silantek Formation in west Sarawak, Malaysia, Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of Southeast Asia 10, 103-112 |
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!