Locality 55. LA 137*. Section LAC3. North limb of Johnny's Creek Anticline: Darriwilian, Australia
collected by P.J. Cook 1962

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nucularcidae
Sthenodonta eastii (Tate 1896)
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Northern Territory County:Lake Amadeus
Coordinates: 24.3° South, 131.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.4° North, 163.8° 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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Stairway Member:Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: float from formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,gray silty sandstone
Lithology description: Decalcified medium-grained grey to buff silty sandstone. (Thinly bedded, fine to medium clean sandstone; minor interbedded sandy limestone, coarse sandstone, medium silty sandstone, phophorite.)
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:P.J. Cook Collection dates:1962
Collection method comments: CPC & QML specimens
Metadata
Also known as:512 mm E x 343 mm N LAKE AMADEUS
Database number:79191
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-27 13:45:23 Last modified:2008-02-27 15:45:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-27 13:45:23
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]