Where: South Australia, Australia (34.1° S, 139.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 137.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: M6-7 foram zone, Cadell Marl Formation (Morgan Group), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Middle Miocene age, Balcombian stage, which is later Langhian.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray, blue, sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV).

Primary reference: T. A. Darragh. 2002. A revision of the Australian genus Umbilia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 59(2):355-392 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176301: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.02.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

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