Where: Western Australia, Australia (23.0° S, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 100.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Miria Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
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 123004: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa | |
Astya nielseni Wells 1976 lace coral | |
Stylaster cretaceous n. sp.
Stylaster cretaceous n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 lace coral | |
Anthozoa | |
Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) sp. Moseley 1881 stony coral | |
Astrangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia acostae n. sp.
Balanophyllia acostae n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 stony coral | |
Bothrophoria sp. Felix 1909 stony coral | |
Conotrochus giraliensis n. sp., Smilotrochus carnarvonensis n. sp., ? Caryophyllia sp., "Caryophyllia arcotensis" = Caryophyllia konincki, Parasmilia cyensis n. sp.
Conotrochus giraliensis n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 stony coral
Smilotrochus carnarvonensis n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 stony coral
? Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
"Caryophyllia arcotensis" = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Parasmilia cyensis n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 stony coral | |
Palaeopsammia sp. Wanner 1902 stony coral
Palaeopsammia cardabiaensis n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 stony coral | |
Flabellum miriaensis n. sp.
Flabellum miriaensis n. sp. Jell et al. 2011 stony coral | |
Hexactinellida | |
Ventriculites sp. Mantell 1822 glass sponge |