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Collection: Locality 37. NT 615. Left bank of Ellery Creek, 40 kilometers northeast of Hermannsburg Mission MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Age | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician) |
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Interval | Bendigonian |
Lat/Long | -23.9167,132.808 |
Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
Location | Locality 59. NT 251. Gorge through strike ridges |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia |
Geographic Scale | outcrop |
Geographic Comments | http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&zix=r&p=248808&st=&s=Angas%20Downs&pg=1&m=0&wnb=89715421&c=4&x=133%2E3195&y=%2D23%2E98286&w=40000 |
Formation | Pacoota |
Member | Lower Beds |
Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
Local Section | Ellery Creek |
Local Bed | 586 |
Local Order | bottom to top |
Lithology Description | Decalcified silty sandstone, pinkish brown, fine- to medium-grained |
Lithology | sandstone |
Minor Lithology | silty |
Environment | marine indet. |
Associated Collections
Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
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Locality 36. NT 252. Gorge through strike ridges, Ellery Creek, 40 kilometers northeast of Hermannsburg Mission | Pacoota | Lower Beds | sandstone | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician) |
Locality 38. NT 617. Narrow strike valley off of left bank of Ellery Creek, 40 kilometers northeast of Hermannsburg Mission | Pacoota | Lower Beds | sandstone | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma (Early/Lower Ordovician) |
Locality 59. NT 251. Gorge through strike ridges, Ellery Creek, 40 kilometers northeast of Hermannsburg Mission | Pacoota | Lower Beds | sandstone | 494 - 485.4 Ma (Cambrian) |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Colpantyx woolleyi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Colpomyidae : Colpantyx : Colpantyx woolleyi | aragonite | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Xestoconcha kraciukae species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Colpomyidae : Xestoconcha : Xestoconcha kraciukae | aragonite | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Pharcidoconcha raupi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontidae : Pharcidoconcha : Pharcidoconcha raupi | aragonite | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Cymatopegma semiplicatum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Ribeiriidae : Cymatopegma : Cymatopegma semiplicatum | 494 - 485.4 Ma Cambrian | |
Kimopegma jonesi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Ribeirioida : Technophoridae : Kimopegma : Kimopegma jonesi | 494 - 485.4 Ma Cambrian |
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!