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Barcoo River [Tambo Series], South Australia, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -28.4833,137.767 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Queensland, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | South Australia, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Barcoo River [Tambo Series] | Whitehouse F. W. (1926) | Tambo | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tambo Series [here treated as a group], for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not stated. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section. | "limestone" | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Puzosia longmani species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Puzosia : Puzosia longmani | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Myloceras davidi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Labeceratidae : Myloceras : Myloceras davidi | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
References
Whitehouse F. W. (1926) The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8 3, 195-242 |
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!