Unspecified localities [Kings Park Fm]: Selandian - Thanetian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium rumatoides
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus cf. quadrifunifer
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya kingsparki n. sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Sarepta austranaxa n. sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium sp. (Sacco 1897)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Serripecten sp. Marwick 1928
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma vivarirex n. sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) petraea
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 32.0° South, 115.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.4° South, 101.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kings Park
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kings Park Formation. AGE: late Paleocene in age, based on planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and associated age ranges of the molluscan fauna.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic siltstone
Secondary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: dark, glauconitic siltstone and sandstone.
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:162311
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-22 00:08:06 Last modified:2014-09-22 00:10:13
Access level:the public Released:2016-09-22 00:08:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52865. J. D. Stilwell. 2005. A rare, late Paleocene molluscan faunule from the Kings Park Formation, Perth Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa 29(2):331-340 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]