Loc. 6, Giralia Range [Miria Fm]: Maastrichtian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Eubaculites carinatus
(Morton 1834)
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Henderson et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Eubaculites latecarinatus
(Brunnschweiler 1966)
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Henderson et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Eubaculites simplex
(Kossmat 1895)
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Henderson et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Diplomoceras cylindraceum
(Defrance 1816)
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Henderson et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Pseudophyllites latus
(Marshall 1926)
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Pseudophyllites indra
(Forbes 1846)
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Gaudryceras kayei
(Forbes 1846)
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Anagaudryceras politissimum
(Kossmat 1895)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Desmophyllites diphylloides
(Forbes 1846)
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Kitchinites spathi
Henderson and McNamara 1985
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Gunnarites raggatti
Henderson and McNamara 1985
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Gunnarites kalika
(Stolickzka 1865)
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Maorites densicostatus
(Kilian and Reboul 1909)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) australis
Henderson and McNamara 1985
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| jacquoti ssp. australis | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya
(Forbes 1846)
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| recombined as Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya | ||||||||||
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Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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| recombined as Phyllopachyceras forbesianum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 22.9° South, 114.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.0° South, 100.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Miria | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Miria Fm, which overlies the Korojon Calcarenite (Maastrichtian). AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper part of the formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: From weathered soil, hence matrix for formation is unlithified, though all specimens are preserved as phosphatic steinkerns. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,replaced with phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | WAM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: T.A. Darragh, G.W Kendrick, R.A. Henderson, and W.J. Kennedy, 1969, 1979, 1993. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for heteromorph ammonoids. Other ammonoids reported in separate publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 83850 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-05 23:07:22 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-05 23:07:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11131. | R. A. Henderson and K. J. McNamara. 1985. Maastrichtian Non-Heteromorph Ammonites from the Miria Formation, Western Australia. Palaeontology 28(1):34-88 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm] |
Secondary references:
| 28100 | R. A. Henderson, W. J. Kennedy, and K. J. McNamara. 1992. Maastrichtian heteromorph ammonites from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa 16:133-170 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |