Merlinleigh Station, erosion slope NNE of homestead: Lutetian, Australia
collected by T.A. Darragh, G.W. Kendrick, K. Ayyasami 1996

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea cf. adelaidensis Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cf. cainozoica (Tenison Woods 1877)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Kereia) numerosissima Darragh and Kendrick 2010
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia capricornis Darragh and Kendrick 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 24.3° South, 115.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° South, 100.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Merlinleigh Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: From the presence of foraminifers Maslinella chapmani Glaessner and Wade, Operculina sp., Crespinina kingscotensis Wade and Rotalia sp., Cockbain (1981) confirmed a Late Eocene age for the Merlinleigh Sandstone, correlated in part with the Late Eocene Giralia Calcarenite of the Carnarvon Basin. Giralia Calcarenite later assigned Middle Eocene (Lutetian) age, Zone P12 of Berggren & Miller (1988).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Poorly cemented, silicified quartz sandstone with subordinate siltstone and conglomerate
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:WAM
Collectors:T.A. Darragh, G.W. Kendrick, K. Ayyasami Collection dates:1996
Collection method comments: Repository: other specimens at Museum Victoria (NMV)
Metadata
Database number:179836
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate,paleobotany
Created:2016-07-02 16:54:57 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-02 16:54:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59652. T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2010. Eocene molluscs from the Merlinleigh Sandstone, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26:23-41 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]