Where: Western Australia, Australia (31.3° S, 115.9° E: paleocoordinates 58.1° S, 96.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gingin Chalk Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified chalk
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the WAM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• REPOSITORY: Includes Western Australian Museum (WAM).
Primary reference: J. S. Jell, A. G. Cook, and P. A. Jell. 2011. Australian Cretaceous Cnidaria and Porifera. Alcheringa 35(2):241-284 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123005: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2012, edited by Marko Manojlovic and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Octocorallia indet. Haeckel 1866 | |
Ceratotrochus ginginensis, "Caryophyllia arcotensis" = Caryophyllia konincki
Ceratotrochus ginginensis Etheridge 1913 stony coral
"Caryophyllia arcotensis" = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Hexactinellida | |
Pachyteichisma corrugatus n. sp.
Pachyteichisma corrugatus n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 glass sponge | |
Calcarea | |
Peronidella globosa Etheridge 1913 calcareous sponge | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Liothyrella archboldi2 Craig 1999 | |
Gisilina ovata2 Etheridge 1913 | |
Inopinatarcula acanthodes2 Etheridge 1913 | |
Kingena mesembrina2 Etheridge 1913 | |
Bouchardiella cretacea2 Etheridge 1913 | |
Protegulorhynchia meridionalis2 Owen 1980 | |
Eohemithyris wildei2 Craig 1999 | |
Thecostraca | |
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Verruca (Verruca) tasmanica1 Buckeridge 1983 barnacle SUBSPECIES: Verruca (Verruca) tasmanica tasmanica
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"Neoscalpellum glauerti" = Pachyscalpellum glauerti1
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