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Campbelltown, South Australia, Australia
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -34.8814,138.661 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | South Australia, Australia |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | South Australia, Australia |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Campbelltown | Glaessner M. F. (1955) | Tortachilla Limestone | Preserved in a glauconitic limestone which is the probable subsurface equivalent of the Tortachilla Limestone, in the Adelaide Plains Basin. Late Bartonian according to McGowran et al., 2004. | "limestone" | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aturia clarkei species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia clarkei | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
References
Glaessner M. F. (1955) Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia, Records of the South Australia Museum, 353-371 |
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!