Where: Victoria, Australia (37.2° S, 148.3° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° S, 174.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Taravale Marlstone Formation (Buchan Group), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)
• Previously known as Taravale Formation, see http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=30542,
•"in calcareous nodules in highest beds of Taravale Formation, Buchan Group"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; nodular, calcareous limestone and mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. Teichert and B. F. Glenister. 1952. Fossil Nautiloid Faunas from Australia. Journal of Paleontology 26(5):730-752 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188990: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 25.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Litogyroceras spirale Teichert and Glenister 1952 nautiloid |