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
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
Cephalopoda | |
"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 | |
Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865 ammonite
Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Maorites densicostatus Kilian and Reboul 1909 ammonite | |
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Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Anagaudryceras politissimum Kossmat 1895 ammonite
Gaudryceras kayei Forbes 1846 ammonite
Pseudophyllites latus Marshall 1926 ammonite
Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Diplomoceras cylindraceum Defrance 1816 ammonite | |
Eubaculites latecarinatus Brunnschweiler 1966 ammonite
Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
Eubaculites simplex Kossmat 1895 ammonite |