Maslin Beach (Eocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.3° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 57.8° S, 134.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: North Maslin Sand Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• lower middle Eocene

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonaceous claystone

• carbonaceous clay

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: R. V. Southcott and R. T. Lange. 1971. Acarine and other microfossils from the Maslin Eocene, South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 16(7):1-21 [M. Uhen/N. Labell/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 197395: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Monogonata -
? Keratella sp.
? Keratella sp. Bory de St Vincent 1822
Arachnida
 Acariformes - Eriophyidae
Aculops keiferi n. sp.
Aculops keiferi n. sp. Southcott and Lange 1971 gall mite