Swan Reach, Murray River: Langhian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Dipneustes) fosteri n. sp.
McNamara and Philip 1980
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° South, 139.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° South, 137.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Morgan Limestone, now considered to be a subgroup; formation not known. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: South Australian Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 204584 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-09-12 13:44:24 | Last modified: | 2019-09-12 13:44:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-12 13:44:24 |
| 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] |