Where: Western Australia, Australia (22.7° S, 114.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 53.6° S, 115.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miria Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Miria Fm, which overlies the Korojon Calcarenite (Maastrichtian). AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper part of the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: T.A. Darragh, G.W Kendrick, R.A. Henderson, and W.J. Kennedy, 1969, 1979, 1993. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum.
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 83857: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.09.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Diplomoceras cylindraceum Defrance 1816 ammonite | |
Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
Eubaculites latecarinatus Brunnschweiler 1966 ammonite
Eubaculites simplex Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite
Gaudryceras kayei Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite
Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite | |
Brahmaites (Brahmaites) kossmati, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Kossmaticeras (Natalites) brunnschweileri, Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites raggatti
Brahmaites (Brahmaites) kossmati Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Grossouvrites gemmatus Huppe 1854 ammonite
Kossmaticeras (Natalites) brunnschweileri Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite
Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865 ammonite
Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara 1985 ammonite | |
"Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum, "Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya
"Partschiceras (Phyllopachyceras) forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
"Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Forbes 1846 ammonite |