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0.7 km northeast Cumberland River bridge, Lorne, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -38.5667,143.95 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Victoria, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Lorne, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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0.7 km northeast Cumberland River bridge, south of Lorne | Kool L., Van Klaveren N. A., et al (2000) | Otway - Eumeralla | "The Eumeralla Formation includes the informal ‘Wonthaggi’ formation of the Gippsland Basin mentioned in some 50 references; these units are lithologically continuous and represent a single depositional (Otway-Gippsland) basin formed by Early Cretaceous rifting between Australia and Antarctica" (Benson et al. 2013). "Eumeralla (=Wonthaggi) Formation (early–middle Aptian; Wagstaff & McEwan-Mason 1989)" | sandstone | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Plesiosauria unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Plesiosauria | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Kool L., Van Klaveren N. A., et al (2000) Dinosaur Dreaming 2000 annual report, Dinosaur Dreaming: Flat Rocks Site Report, 2000, 1-29 |
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!