Pilbara (Paleocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.4° S, 118.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° S, 106.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Boongerooda Greensand Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but probably marine environment.
• LITHOLOGY: Not specifically stated, but probably greensand.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Lapparent de Broin and R. E. Molnar. 2001. Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176509: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 15.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
? Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle
"probably chelids"; two morphologies noted