Also known as South Maslin Sand

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.3° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 55.3° S, 133.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: South Maslin Sand Member (Port Willunga Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV). Collected by Ryland, Longbottom, and Kendrick (1980-1984). Latex casts used to provide voucher specimens

Primary reference: T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2000. Eocene bivalves and gastropods from the Pallinup Siltstone, Western Australia, with new records from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112(1):17-58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48442: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.03.2005

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