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Conningham, Kingborough municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -43.0833,147.283 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
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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Conningham | Cosgriff J. W. (1974) | Knocklofty | Palynology and vertebrate biostratigraphy have been used to argue for an earliest Triassic age for the Knocklofty Formation (Cosgriff 1974; Camp & Banks 1978). Three major and several minor clay-pebble conglomerate lenses containing fossil bone are interbedded with shales and sandstones on the faces of the sea cliffs. The major lenses range from about 30 to 100 cm in thickness and the minor ones are 10cm or less thick. They are all lumped together as one locality: all are within 10 m of | conglomerate | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cleithrolepis sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perleidiformes : Perleididae : Cleithrolepis | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
Saurichthys sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Saurichthyidae : Saurichthys | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
Ceratodus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : Ceratodus | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
Banksiops townrowi species | Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Brachyopidae : Banksiops : Blinasaurus townrowi | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
Chomatobatrachus halei species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Chomatobatrachus : Chomatobatrachus halei | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
Deltasaurus kimberleyensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Rhytidosteidae : Deltasaurus : Deltasaurus kimberleyensis | 252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic |
References
Cosgriff J. W. (1974) Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania, The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 149, 1-134 |
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!