Yule Island (Pliocene of Papua New Guinea)

Where: Papua New Guinea (8.8° S, 146.5° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 145.8° E)

When: N18-N19/20 nannofossil zone, Kairuku Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• bioclastic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. D. Lindley. 2001. Tertiary echinoids from Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 123:119-139 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204727: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Laganidae
Laganum depressum
Laganum depressum Agassiz 1841 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
? Fibulariidae indet.
? Fibulariidae indet. Gray 1855 sand dollar
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Ditremaster sp.
Ditremaster sp. heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Brisaster latifrons
Brisaster latifrons Agassiz 1898 heart urchin
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
? Stomechinidae indet.
? Stomechinidae indet. Pomel 1883 sea urchin
 Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae
Temnotrema macleayana
Temnotrema macleayana Tenison-Woods 1878 sea urchin