Nor'west Bend, Murray River: Langhian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus altifrons
Chapman 1915
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° South, 139.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° South, 137.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Morgan | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: No stratigraphy details; description of "white polyzoal limestone" suggests that it probably is from the Morgan Group | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,white lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: National Museum of Victoria | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179953 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-04 20:56:51 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-04 20:56:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59709. | F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |