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Collection: Locality 42. PW-13-74. Stokes Pass in Mereenie Range, within the MacDonnell Ranges MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Age | 467.3 - 458.4 Ma (Middle Ordovician) |
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Interval | Darriwilian |
Lat/Long | -23.5681,132.11 |
Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
Location | Locality 42. PW-13-74. Stokes Pass in Mereenie Range |
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=8127&st=&s=James%20Range&pg=1&m=0&c=4&x=133%2E43822&y=%2D23%2E99328&w=40000 |
Formation | Stokes Siltstone |
Stratigraphic Scale | member |
Straigraphic Comments | http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/pls/www/geodx.strat_units.sch_full?wher=stratno=17361; correlate of Mithaka Formation (Webby et al. 1981) |
Lithology Description | Silty buff sandstone, slightly micaceous; some clay pellets |
Lithology | "limestone" |
Minor Lithology | silty |
Environment | carbonate indet. |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Sthenodonta eastii species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nucularcidae : Sthenodonta : Sthenodonta eastii | aragonite body,mold/impression | 467.3 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician |
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!