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Sunshine Road Section 031 meters, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -42.7472,146.567 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Tasmania, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Sunshine Road Section 031 meters, south of Mt. Field National Park | Laurie J. R. (1991) | Gordon - Karmberg | siltstone | 472 - 468.9 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Archaeorthis sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Archaeorthidae : Archaeorthis | 472 - 468.9 Ma Ordovician |
Leptella sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Taffiidae : Leptella | 472 - 468.9 Ma Ordovician |
References
Laurie J. R. (1991) Articulate brachiopods from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Tasmania, Association of Australasian Palaeontologists Memoir 11, 1-106 |
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!