Emanuel Creek, Canning Basin, Stage III-IV (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as Desert Basin

Where: Kimberley, Australia (18.2° S, 125.6° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 164.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Emanuel Formation, Tremadocian (485.4 - 477.7 Ma)

• "Top of Stage III and bottom of Stage IV of Emanuel limestone"

Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone and gray, green shale

• and a base of sandy dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Teichert and B. F. Glenister. 1952. Fossil Nautiloid Faunas from Australia. Journal of Paleontology 26(5):730-752 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188989: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 25.09.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Hardmanoceras lobatum Teichert and Glenister 1952