Victoria Downs, Morven [Morven bed] (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (26.4° S, 147.1° E: paleocoordinates 70.2° S, 119.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Morven Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Morven Bed, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not stated. AGE: Hauterivian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Queensland Museum (QM).

Primary reference: F. W. Whitehouse. 1926. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):195-242 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83900: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Representative for ammonoidea. Other taxa may be present but are not reported in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, using antiquated taxonomy, but with species resolution identification where possible.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Simbirskites morvenae n. sp. Whitehouse 1927 ammonite