Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.7° S, 114.4° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° S, 100.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, white, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Western Australian Museum
Primary reference: R. S. Craig. 1999. Late Cretaceous brachiopods of the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum (19)413-442 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153499: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 25.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Eohemithyris miriaensis n. sp.
Eohemithyris miriaensis n. sp. Craig 1999 | |
Liothyrella archboldi n. sp.
Liothyrella archboldi n. sp. Craig 1999 |