Wallumbilla (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (26.6° S, 149.2° E: paleocoordinates 66.7° S, 133.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wallumbilla Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 123058: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Purisiphonia clarkei Bowerbank 1869 glass sponge