Cape Grim (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (40.7° S, 144.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 143.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cape Grim Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Longfordian, Cape Grim beds

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 204583: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Schizaster) halli n. sp. McNamara and Philip 1980 heart urchin