Naracoorte Quarries (Oligocene of Australia)
Where: South Australia, Australia (37.0° S, 140.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 137.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: South Australian Museum
Primary reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1955. Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia. Records of the South Australia Museum 353-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50363: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda | |
"Aturia australis" = Aturia cubaensis
"Aturia australis" = Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841 nautiloid |