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Fossiliferous rocks from the Ok Ti River, Western Papua

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The collection of rocks from the Ok Ti River, Western Papua, was made by Mr. L. Austen in 1922 and is housed in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection. It consists of shelly and foraminiferal limestones of Miocene age. The present examination of the collection is being undertaken at the request of the Australasian Petroleum Company, Melbourne.

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Title Fossiliferous rocks from the Ok Ti River, Western Papua
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/9e3d372c-be7d-42c9-a2c5-e1d0b137e9d8
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Fossiliferous rocks from the Ok Ti River, Western Papua". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/fossiliferous-rocks-from-the-ok-ti-river-western-papua