Cape Grim: Early/Lower Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Schizaster) halli n. sp. McNamara and Philip 1980
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]