Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.9° S, 114.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 53.8° S, 115.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, concretionary, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with phosphate
Collected by T.A. Darragh, G.W Kendrick, R.A. Henderson, W.J. Kennedy in 1969, 1979, 1993; reposited in the WAM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. A. Henderson and K. J. McNamara. 1985. Maastrichtian Non-Heteromorph Ammonites from the Miria Formation, Western Australia. Palaeontology 28(1):34-88 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157784: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite
Kitchinites spathi n. sp. Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite | |
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Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865 ammonite | |
"Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum
"Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite |