Where: Western Australia, Australia (16.5° S, 115.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° S, 115.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, white marl
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve,
Primary reference: E. Kristan-Tollmann and F. Gramann. 1992. Paleontological evidence for the Triassic age of rocks dredged from the northern Exmouth Plateau (Tethyan foraminifers, echinoderms, and ostracodes). Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 122:463-474 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 99843: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Nodosariata | |
Foraminifera | |
Ostracoda | |
"Cytherelloidea cf. unicostata" = Leviella unicostata
"Cytherelloidea cf. unicostata" = Leviella unicostata Bolz 1970 ostracod | |
Ogmoconchella cf. martini ostracod
Ogmoconchella cf. aspinata ostracod | |
Monoceratina cf. seebergensis ostracod | |
"Mostlerella sp." = Judahella
"Mostlerella sp." = Judahella ostracod | |
Holothuroidea | |
Eocaudina hexagona Kristan-Tollmann 1963 sea cucumber
Fissobractites subsymmetrica Kristan-Tollmann 1963 sea cucumber | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiacantha binitorulosa Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979 brittle star
Ophiacantha subtilirugosa n. sp. Kristan-Tollmann and Gramann 1992 brittle star | |
Ophioderma cf. waliabadensis Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979 brittle star | |
Ophioflabellum cristatum Kristan-Tollmann et al. 1979 brittle star |