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St. Elmo structure - N of the Flinders Highway, McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -20,141 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Queensland, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | McKinlay Shire, Queensland, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Creek outcrop in a braid of the Flinders River on Bezuma Downs Stations | Henderson R. A. (2004) | Toolebuc | Late Albian age is based on ammonites and nannofossils. Not older than the Prediscosphaera columnata Zone and not younger than the Mortoniceras inflatum Zone | claystone | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Outcrop along the Cannington Mine Road, 40 km McKinlay | Henderson R. A. (2004) | Toolebuc | Late Albian age is based on ammonites and nannofossils. Not older than the Prediscosphaera columnata Zone and not younger than the Mortoniceras inflatum Zone | claystone | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Outcrop near Telemon station homestead, N of the Flinders Highway | Henderson R. A. (2004) | Toolebuc | Late Albian age is based on ammonites and nannofossils. Not older than the Prediscosphaera columnata Zone and not younger than the Mortoniceras inflatum Zone | claystone | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Quarries along the Croydon Road, 25 km NW of Richmond | Henderson R. A. (2004) | Toolebuc | Late Albian age is based on ammonites and nannofossils. Not older than the Prediscosphaera columnata Zone and not younger than the Mortoniceras inflatum Zone | claystone | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
St. Elmo structure - N of the Flinders Highway | Henderson R. A. (2004) | Toolebuc | Late Albian age is based on ammonites and nannofossils. Not older than the Prediscosphaera columnata Zone and not younger than the Mortoniceras inflatum Zone | claystone | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Planulites sp. genus | Planulites | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Rogerella sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Orbitolinidae : Rogerella | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Platypterygius australis species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Leptopterygiidae : Platypterygius : Ichthyosaurus australis | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Inoceramus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Aucellina sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Buchiidae : Aucellina | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
Labeceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Labeceratidae : Labeceras | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
References
Henderson R. A. (2004) A mid-Cretaceous association of shell beds and organic-rich shale: bivalve exploitation of a nutrient-rich, anoxic seafloor environment, Palaios 19, 156-169 |
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!