Also known as 125 mm E x 22 mm N Glenormiston map
Where: Queensland, Australia (22.9° S, 138.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 166.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Carlo Sandstone Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)
• http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=3624. Age and evidence: Fauna suggests a Middle Ordovician (latest Arenigian-Llanvirnian) age (Öpik and Gilbert-Tomlinson in Smith 1972, Shergold et al 1976). Lies conformable atop of Nora formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, brown, red, sandy limestone and micaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.S. Jell, T. Haskell & B. Runnegar in 1964; reposited in the UQ
• CPC & QML specimens
Primary reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79126: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Runnegaria cuneata n. gen. n. sp.
Runnegaria cuneata n. gen. n. sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam | |
Glyptonychia wilsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Glyptonychia wilsoni n. gen. n. sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam |