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Collection: QML 1035 - Westwood Creek, Cape Dommett Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Age | 382.7 - 372.2 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian) |
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Interval | Frasnian |
Lat/Long | -14.8667,128.5 |
Co-ordinates derived from | stated in text |
Location | QML 1035 - Westwood Creek |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
Geographic Scale | small collection |
Formation | Hargreaves |
Member | Westwood |
Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
Lithology Description | "[Westwood] here restricted to massive limestone and minor interbedded sandstone, near the base of the type section at Westwood Creek..." |
Lithology | "limestone" |
Second Lithology | sandstone |
Environment | marine indet. |
Geology Comments | Reefal and back-reefal environments. |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Westraliadiscus robertsi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae : Westraliadiscus : Westraliadiscus robertsi | aragonite, low Mg calcite | 382.7 - 372.2 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
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!