Loc. 6, Giralia Range [Miria Fm] (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.9° S, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 100.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Miria Fm, which overlies the Korojon Calcarenite (Maastrichtian). AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper part of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: From weathered soil, hence matrix for formation is unlithified, though all specimens are preserved as phosphatic steinkerns.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with phosphate

Reposited in the WAM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: T.A. Darragh, G.W Kendrick, R.A. Henderson, and W.J. Kennedy, 1969, 1979, 1993. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum.

Primary reference: R. A. Henderson and K. J. McNamara. 1985. Maastrichtian Non-Heteromorph Ammonites from the Miria Formation, Western Australia. Palaeontology 28(1):34-88 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83850: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for heteromorph ammonoids. Other ammonoids reported in separate publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum, "Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya
"Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
"Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865 ammonite
Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Maorites densicostatus Kilian and Reboul 1909 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) australis Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
jacquoti ssp. australis
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Anagaudryceras politissimum Kossmat 1895 ammonite
Gaudryceras kayei Forbes 1846 ammonite
Pseudophyllites latus Marshall 1926 ammonite
Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras cylindraceum Defrance 1816 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Eubaculites latecarinatus Brunnschweiler 1966 ammonite
Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
Eubaculites simplex Kossmat 1895 ammonite