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Otibanda

Formation	Otibanda
Age:	2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Interval	Late Pliocene
Lithology	siliciclastic/tuff
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	9

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Watut River	Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea	Otibanda
Nimboran Area	Papua Province, Indonesia	Otibanda

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Casuarius sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Casuariiformes : Casuariidae : *Casuarius*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Kolopsis rotundus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Diprotodontidae : Kolopsis : *Kolopsis rotundus*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Kolopsoides cultridens species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Diprotodontidae : Kolopsoides : *Kolopsoides cultridens*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Zygomaturus nimborensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Diprotodontidae : Zygomaturus : *Zygomaturus nimborensis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Dorcopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : *Dorcopsis*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Protemnodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : *Protemnodon*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Protemnodon buloloensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : Protemnodon : *Protemnodon buloloensis*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Watutia novaeguineae species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : Watutia : *Watutia novaeguineae*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Crocodylus porosus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Crocodylus : *Crocodylus porosus*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic

References

Hoch E., Holm P. M. (1986) New K/Ar age determinations of the Awe Fauna Gangue, Papua New Guinea: consequences for Papuaustralian late Cenozoic biostratigraphy, Modern Geology 10, 181-195

Flannery T. F., Hoch E., et al (1989) Macropodines from the Pliocene Otibanda Formation, Papua New Guinea, Alcheringa 13 1-2, 145-152

Mackness B. (2012) On the identity of ‘Kolopsis’ watutense (Anderson, 1937) (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia) and the New Guinean diprotodontid radiation, Alcheringa, 1-10 doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.701488

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!

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