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Mt. Field Siltstone - Pontoon Hill, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Formation | Mt. Field Siltstone |
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Member | Pontoon Hill |
Age: | 477 - 474 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Interval | Bendigonian |
Lithology | siltstone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Gap Creek Section | Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia | Mt. Field Siltstone - Pontoon Hill |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Florentine Valley - Mt. Field Siltstone | 477 - 474 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | siltstone | 14 |
Florentine Valley - Pontoon Hill | 485 - 477 Ma Paleozoic | siltstone | 18 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tritoechia careyi species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Polytoechiidae : Tritoechia : Tritoechia careyi | 476.8 - 473.9 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
References
Laurie J. R. (1980) Early Ordovician orthide brachiopods from southern Tasmania, Alcheringa 4 1, 11-23 doi:10.1080/03115518008558976 |
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!