Where: Western Australia, Australia (31.3° S, 115.9° E: paleocoordinates 58.1° S, 96.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gingin Chalk Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified chalk

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the WAM

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• REPOSITORY: Includes Western Australian Museum (WAM).

Primary reference: J. S. Jell, A. G. Cook, and P. A. Jell. 2011. Australian Cretaceous Cnidaria and Porifera. Alcheringa 35(2):241-284 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123005: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2012, edited by Marko Manojlovic and Austin Hendy

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