Cocklebiddy Cave: Priabonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Liothyrella subcarnea
(Tate 1880)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Kingenidae
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Aldingia furculifera
(Tate 1880)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratellidae
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Victorithyris garibaldiana
(Davidson 1862)
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° South, 125.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.5° South, 115.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wilson Bluff | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: An Eocene age was originally suggested for the formation. This has been confirmed by the discovery of the Late Eocene bivalve Notostrea lubra, and Australanthus longianus, an echinoid of the same age. Foraminiferal assemblages suggest that the uppermost part is Late Eocene and the base is Middle Eocene (Li et al., 1996). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,white lithified cherty/siliceous packstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The Wilson Bluff Limestone can be best described as a poorly sorted white, compact packestone with bryozoan fragments in lime mud. Chert nodules can be found in all but the lowest 12 m. | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
| Geology comments: Foraminifer suggest the lower section was deposited in water greater than 76 m deep, whilst the upper section was originally shallower | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Survey of Western Australia | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cockelbiddy Cave | ||
| Database number: | 152470 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-11-22 01:59:23 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-11-22 01:59:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49060. | R. S. Craig. 2001. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of the Bremer and Eucla Basins, southwest Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20:199-236 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic] |