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

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
"Aturia australis" = Aturia cubaensis
"Aturia australis" = Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841 nautiloid