Where: Northern Territory, Australia (11.8° S, 130.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 48.9° S, 122.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: F4 foram zone, Bathurst Island Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• The lithology of the sediments indicated shallow, near-coastal deltaic environments, at least in the upper part of the Cenomanian.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core

• The preparations are stored in the Palynological Laboratory of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, A.C.T.; those containing type material are kept in the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection of the Bureau.

Primary reference: M. S. Norvick and D. Burger. 1975. Palynology of the Cenomanian of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia. Department of Minerals and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (151)1-169 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163481: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 29.10.2014

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