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Lower Cretaceous fossils from Papua and New Guinea

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Two specimens of lower Cretaceous fossils from Papua New Guinea are described in this record: (i) a Neocomian Holaster of the H. cordatus group from near Mullens Harbour, Papua; and (ii) Lamellibranchia from Wapenamanda, Western Highlands District, Territory of New Guinea.

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Title Lower Cretaceous fossils from Papua and New Guinea
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/371acf70-5f5c-4ba6-aec3-f99c6218acb2
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Lower Cretaceous fossils from Papua and New Guinea". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/lower-cretaceous-fossils-from-papua-and-new-guinea