Cape Grim: Early/Lower Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Schizaster) halli n. sp.
McNamara and Philip 1980
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Tasmania |
Coordinates: | 40.7° South, 144.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.0° South, 143.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cape Grim | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Longfordian, Cape Grim beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 204583 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2019-09-12 13:30:26 | Last modified: | 2019-09-12 13:30:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-12 13:30:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
70170. | K. J. McNamara and G. M. Philip. 1980. Australian Tertiary schizasterid echinoids. Alcheringa 4(1):47-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |