Stanwell, Rockhampton [Stanwell Coal Measures] (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (23.5° S, 150.3° E: paleocoordinates 69.8° S, 125.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Stanwell Coal Measures Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stanwell Coal Measures. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, brown, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Hard, brown calcareous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Reid

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: J. H. Reid. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: F. W. Whitehouse. 1946. A marine Early Cretaceous fauna from Stanwell (Rockhampton District). 22:1-15 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83943: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Representative for ammonoidea. Other taxa may be present but are not reported in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, using antiquated taxonomy, but with species resolution identification where possible.
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope sp." = Panopea
"Panope sp." = Panopea Menard 1807 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Pisotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia
"Pisotrigonia sp." = Pterotrigonia van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Indotrigonia sp." = Trigonia (Indotrigonia), Iotrigonia limatula n. sp.
"Indotrigonia sp." = Trigonia (Indotrigonia) Dietrich 1933 clam
Iotrigonia limatula n. sp. Whitehouse 1946 clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp.
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes sp.
Hibolithes sp. Mayer-Eymar 1883 belemnite