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100 yards North of Taroona High School, Kingborough municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -42.9431,147.355 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Tasmania, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kingborough municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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100 yards North of Taroona High School | Warren J. W. (1969) | Based on the flora contained in these sediments, it seems reasonable to surmise that they may be bracketed between the Eocene and the Pliocene and are, therefore, of Oligocene or Miocene age. | siltstone | 33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Emydura sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Emydura | 33.9 - 5.333 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Warren J. W. (1969) Chelid turtles from the mid-Tertiary of Tasmania, Journal of Paleontology 43 1, 179-182 |
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!