Core 15, Matches Springs No. 1, Canning Basin (Ordovician of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.7° S, 124.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 154.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Goldwyer Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous shale and lithified limestone

• calcareous shale with minor limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: D. P. Legg. 1976. Ordovician trilobites and graptolites from the Canning Basin, western Australia. Geologica et Palaeontologica 10:1-58more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236050: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 13.09.2024

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Telephina matchensis n. sp. Legg 1976 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia matchensis n. sp. Legg 1976 trilobite