Also known as 503 mm E x 77 mm N
Where: Northern Territory, Australia (24.3° S, 132.8° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° N, 164.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Stokes Siltstone Formation (Larapinta Group), Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)
• http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=17361; correlate of Mithaka Formation (Webby et al. 1981)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; yellow, calcareous siltstone and dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by A.T. Wells in 1963
• CPC 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 79137: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Sthenodonta jelli n. sp.
Sthenodonta jelli n. sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam |