Pilbara: Paleocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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? Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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2 fragments | |||||||||
| "probably chelids"; two morphologies noted | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 22.4° South, 118.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.2° South, 106.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Boongerooda Greensand |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Not specifically stated, but probably greensand. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but probably marine environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176509 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-15 17:04:03 | Last modified: | 2016-02-15 17:50:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-15 17:04:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55551. | F. Lapparent de Broin and R. E. Molnar. 2001. Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |