spoil from foundation holes, Hampton Microwave Repeater Tower, Roe Plains (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (32.0° S, 127.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 126.7° E)

When: Roe Calcarenite Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: chalk

• calcarenite

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T.A. Darragh, M. Archer & G.W. Kendrick in 1969/03/05; reposited in the WAM

Primary reference: D. Fehse and G. W. Kendrick. 2000. A new species of Austrocypraea (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Late Pliocene of the Eucla Basin, southern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20:95-101 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176027: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Austrocypraea amae n. sp. Fehse and Kendrick 2000 cowry