Where: Western Australia, Australia (27.7° S, 114.2° E: paleocoordinates 54.2° S, 95.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Toolonga Calcilutite Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, massive, nodular, phosphatic, white, yellow, cherty/siliceous chalk
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the WAM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• REPOSITORY: Museum of Western Australia.
Primary reference: J. S. Buckeridge. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 50:1-151 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160650: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Calantica (Scillaelepas) ginginensis Etheridge 1913 barnacle
Calantica (Scillaelepas) kendricki Buckeridge 1983 barnacle |