B6 - Mount Samuel [Bejah Beds] (Cretaceous of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.8° S, 125.9° E: paleocoordinates 58.3° S, 91.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bejah Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bejah Beds, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Aptian; justification not stated. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wells in 1960

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A.T. Wells, 1960. REPOSITORY: ?Geological Survey of Australia.

Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1967. Lower Cretaceous Mollusca of the Great Artesian Basin Type in the Gibson Desert, Central Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics Bulletin 75:1-38 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162305: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusc fauna. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Fissilunula clarkei
Fissilunula clarkei Moore 1870 clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Maccoyella cf. reflecta
Maccoyella cf. reflecta Moore 1870 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Eyrena primulafolltensis
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia freytagi
Yoldia freytagi Ludbrook 1966 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira reflecta
Euspira reflecta moon snail