Where: Western Australia, Australia (30.3° S, 115.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 56.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cattamarra Coal Measures Formation, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by West Australian Petroleum Pty. Ltd in 1956
Primary reference: E. F. Riek. 1968. On the occurrence of fossil insects in the Mesozoic rocks of Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 27:311-312 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140828: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Coleoptera "pronotum sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 beetle pronotum F.52313 identified as Mesothoris westraliensis by Riek
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"Mesothoris westraliensis n. sp." = Zygadenia westraliensis
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