Locality 16. Hy 8*. Southeast nose of Parana Hill anticline, 32 kilometers west-southwest of Tempe Downs: Darriwilian, Australia
collected by C.G. Gatehouse 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Northern Territory | County: | Henbury |
| Coordinates: | 24.5° South, 132.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.4° North, 164.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Middle Ordovician |
| Stage: | Darriwilian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 3 |
| Key time interval: | Darriwilian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 467.30000 - 458.40000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic sandstone |
| Lithology description: sandstone and phosphorite | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C.G. Gatehouse | Collection dates: | 1962 |
| Collection method comments: CPC & QML specimens | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | 45 mm E x 250 mm N HENBURY map | ||
| Database number: | 79127 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-26 10:36:34 | Last modified: | 2008-02-27 14:15:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-26 10:36:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13093. | J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |