Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.3° S, 125.6° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 63.8° S, 97.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bejah Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bejah Beds, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Aptian; justification not stated. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Wells in 1962
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: A.T. Wells, 1962. REPOSITORY: ?Geological Survey of Australia.
Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1967. Lower Cretaceous Mollusca of the Great Artesian Basin Type in the Gibson Desert, Central Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics Bulletin 75:1-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162302: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.09.2014
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Pseudavicula sp." = Prisodontopsis, Pseudavicula anomala
"Pseudavicula sp." = Prisodontopsis Tomlin 1928 scallop
Pseudavicula anomala Moore 1870 scallop | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
"Nuculoida indet." = Nuculida
"Nuculoida indet." = Nuculida Dall 1889 clam | |
Yoldia freytagi Ludbrook 1966 clam |