Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.9° S, 114.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 100.4° 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
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 83851: 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 | |
Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite | |
Diplomoceras cylindraceum Defrance 1816 ammonite | |
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) australis, "Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) fresvillensis" = Menuites fresvillensis
"Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) fresvillensis" = Menuites fresvillensis Seunes 1890 ammonite | |
Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865 ammonite
Maorites densicostatus Kilian and Reboul 1909 ammonite | |
Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
"Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya
"Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Forbes 1846 ammonite |