Beagle Ridge (BMR No. 10) Bore 1: Griesbachian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia perthensis Dickins and McTavish 1963
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 29.5° South, 115.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.7° South, 82.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Griesbachian
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 251.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kockatea Shale
Local section:BMR10 Bore Local bed:973-979 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphy comments: Claraia stachei suggests Upper Griesbachian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48609
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Modifier:A. McGowan Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-03-24 06:32:38 Last modified:2005-03-24 08:32:38
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-24 06:32:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12967. R. A. McTavish and J. M. Dickins. 1974. The age of the Kockatea Shale (Lower Triassic), Perth Basin-a reassessment. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 21:95-211 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]