Locality 82. 310/5-74. “Old Huckitta,” 0.8 kilometers east of locality 61 (PBDB 77530): Payntonian, Australia
collected by J.H. Shergold & J. Pojeta 1974

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Northern Territory County:Huckitta
Coordinates: 22.7° South, 133.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.3° South, 118.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Furongian
Stage: Stage 10 10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 5
Key time interval: Payntonian
Age range of interval: 491 - 488.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tomahawk Member:Lower Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Massive sugary yellow quartz sandstone with rottenstone layers
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J.H. Shergold & J. Pojeta Collection dates:1974
Collection method comments: CPC & QML specimens
Metadata
Also known as:237 mm E x 178 mm N HUCKITTA map
Database number:77649
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-16 09:57:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-16 09:57:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11595. J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]