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Mt Charlotte [Stairway Sandstone], Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -24.7167,134.017 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Northern Territory, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Mt Charlotte [Stairway Sandstone] | Ritchie A., Gilbert-Tomlinson J. (1977) | Stairway Sandstone | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Stairway Sandstone, which overlies the Horn Valley Siltstone (late Early Ordovician), and is gradationally overlain by the Stokes Siltstone (Late Ordovician). AGE: late Arenigian to early Llanvirnian, on the basis of conodont biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Fossils collected from scree. | not reported | 478.6 - 466 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Arandaspis prionotolepis species | Animalia : Chordata : Arandaspididae : Arandaspis : Arandaspis prionotolepis | 478.6 - 466 Ma Ordovician |
Alococoncha crassatellaeformis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Alococoncha : Alococoncha crassatellaeformis | 478.6 - 466 Ma Ordovician |
References
Ritchie A., Gilbert-Tomlinson J. (1977) First Ordovician vertebrates from the Southern Hemisphere, Alcheringa 1, 351-368 |
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!