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Aldinga, South Australia, Australia

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-35.2333,138.45
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	South Australia, Australia
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	South Australia, Australia

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Aldinga, Blanche Point Fm	Yates A. M. (2009)	Blanch Point - Tuit	Willungan Stage	marl	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Palaeocypraea eripnides species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Palaeocypraea : *Palaeocypraea eripnides*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene
Jetwoodsia nullarborica species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : Jetwoodsia : *Jetwoodsia nullarborica*	33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene

References

Ludbrook N. H. (1971) Large gastropods of the families Diastomatidae and Cerithiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Australia, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 95 1, 29-42

Yates A. M. (2009) The oldest South Australian cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Paleogene of the St Vincent Basin, Alcheringa 33 1, 23-31 doi:10.1080/03115510802618219

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!

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