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Spook's Field, New South Wales, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -29.4253,147.793 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | New South Wales, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | New South Wales, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Spook's Field, Coocoran Opal Field | Smith E. T., Kear B. P. (2013) | Rolling Downs - Griman Creek - Wallangulla Sandstone | "Finch clay facies" within the Wallangulla Sandstone Member of the Griman Creek Formation (Holmes and Senior 1976; Watkins 1984). The ‘‘Finch clay facies’’ or "opal dirt" is considered to be either early to middle Albian (Coptospora paradoxa spore-pollen Zone; Burger 1980), or middle Albian in age (Dettmann et al. 1992) | mudstone | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Spoochelys ormondea species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Spoochelys : Spoochelys ormondea | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!