Where: Western Australia, Australia (23.0° S, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° S, 100.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. Appear to have no faunal compositional similarity to the Miria Formation (Maastrichtian) from nearby, so possibly a different unit. AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 5 ft thic sandstone that is overlain by limestones, 85 ft in thickness (formerly assumed to be Campanian).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Teichert in 1938
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: C. Teichert, 1938. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: L. F. Spath. 1939. On Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Ammonoidea from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 26:41-57 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 82389: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Eubaculites otacodensis ammonite
Eubaculites aff. vagina Forbes 1846 ammonite
Eubaculites simplex Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Glyptoxoceras aff. largesulcatum, Glyptoxoceras rugatum, Glyptoxoceras cf. subcompressum, Diplomoceras aff. cylindraceum
Glyptoxoceras aff. largesulcatum Forbes 1846 ammonite
Glyptoxoceras rugatum Forbes 1846 ammonite
Glyptoxoceras cf. subcompressum Forbes 1846 ammonite
Diplomoceras aff. cylindraceum Defrance 1816 ammonite | |
Pseudophyllites cf. indra Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Pachydiscus aff. gollevillensis, "Pachydiscus cf. grossouvrei" = Eupachydiscus grossouvrei
Pachydiscus aff. gollevillensis d'Orbigny 1847 ammonite
"Pachydiscus cf. grossouvrei" = Eupachydiscus grossouvrei Kossmat 1898 ammonite |