Maslin's Beach [Ruwarung Mbr, Port Willunga Fm] (Oligocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.3° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° S, 133.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ruwarung Member (Port Willunga Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Ruwarung Mbr of the Port Willunga Fm, which overlies the Chinaman Gully and Blanch Point Formations (Late Eocene). AGE: Early Oligocene (Willungan), for which basis is not discussed.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified lithology not reported

• LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: South Australian Museum.

Primary reference: K. J. McNamara. 1987. Taxonomy, evolution and functional morphology of southern Australian Tertiary hemisasterid echinoids. Palaeontology 30(2):319-352 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90084: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.07.2009, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to spatangoids described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Giraliaster tertiarius
Giraliaster tertiarius Gregory 1890 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster (Bolbaster) subidus n. sp.
Hemiaster (Bolbaster) subidus n. sp. McNamara 1987 heart urchin