Where: Western Australia, Australia (29.5° S, 115.0° E: paleocoordinates 53.7° S, 82.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kockatea Shale Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• Claraia stachei suggests Upper Griesbachian
Environment/lithology: shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
Primary reference: R. A. McTavish and J. M. Dickins. 1974. The age of the Kockatea Shale (Lower Triassic), Perth Basin-a reassessment. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 21:95-211 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48609: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 24.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Claraia perthensis Dickins and McTavish 1963 scallop
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901 scallop | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod |