Remarkable Hill, Giralia-Cardabia Range - Miria Fm [Nautiloidea] (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (23.0° S, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° S, 100.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Miria Fm. AGE: Campanian-Maastrichtian, according to Glenister et al. (1956). Maastrichtian, according to Henderson and McNamara (1985) on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but probably shallow carbonate marine environment.
• LITHOLOGY: Not specifically stated, but probably marl. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Unknown collectors. REPOSITORY: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Mineral Resource, Canberra.

Primary reference: B. F. Glenister, A. K. Miller, and W.M. Furnish. 1956. Upper Cretaceous and early Tertiary nautiloids from Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 30:492-503 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82037: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea described in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, using modern nomenclature, and with identifications to species resolution.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Cimomia tenuicosta
Cimomia tenuicosta Glenister et al. 1956