Where: South Australia, Australia (35.2° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 57.1° S, 133.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortachilla Limestone Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• early Late Eocene (close to the P15- 16 boundary)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. J. McNamara and G. M. Philip. 1980. Australian Tertiary schizasterid echinoids. Alcheringa 4(1):47-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204582: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Schizaster (Paraster) tatei n. sp.
Schizaster (Paraster) tatei n. sp. McNamara and Philip 1980 heart urchin |