Locality 14. BC2*. Barrow Creek: Payntonian, Australia
collected by K.G. Smith 1961
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rostroconchia
- Ribeirioida
- Ribeiriidae
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Northern Territory | County: | Alice Springs |
| Coordinates: | 21.6° South, 133.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.9° North, 117.3° 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: | ferruginous quartzite |
| Lithology description: White, fine-grained limestone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | K.G. Smith | Collection dates: | 1961 |
| Collection method comments: CPC specimens | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 77437 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-12 11:18:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-12 11:18:30 |
| 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] |