Paradise Homestead [Allaru Fm] (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (24.3° S, 145.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.7° S, 134.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Allaru Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Allaru Fm, which overlies the Toolebuc Fm (Late Albian), and is overlain by the Mackunda Fm (latest Albian). AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation at this section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Henderson, R.A., among other collectors: D. McKenzie. REPOSITORY: Queensland Museum, Australian Museum, Geological Survey of Queensland.

Primary reference: R. A. Henderson and W. J. Kennedy. 2002. Occurence of the ammonite Goodhallites goodhalites (J. Sowerby) in the Eromanga Basin, Queensland: an index species for the late Albian (Cretaceous). Alcheringa 26:233-247 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83753: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described and mentioned incidentally in text, among ammonoids Other taxa may be present, but are not discussed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Goodhallites goodhalli
Goodhallites goodhalli Sowerby 1820 ammonite