Adelaide bore (Eocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 138.6° E: paleocoordinates 54.9° S, 133.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: J. Dennant. 1903. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 6. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27:208-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122465: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Trematotrochus kitsoni" = Foveolocyathus kitsoni2
"Trematotrochus kitsoni" = Foveolocyathus kitsoni2 Dennant 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus planicostatus n. sp. Dennant 1903 stony coral
Trochocyathus adelaidensis n. sp. Dennant 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Placotrochus corniculatus n. sp." = Periplacotrochus corniculatus1
"Placotrochus corniculatus n. sp." = Periplacotrochus corniculatus1 Dennant 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Pleuropodia otwayensis Dennant 1903 stony coral