ammonites
Boyer, New Norfolk (B8) (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.8° S, 147.1° E: paleocoordinates 78.4° S, 162.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ferntree Formation, Wordian (268.0 - 265.0 Ma)

• About 45m below top of formation, fossils scattered through at least 4.5 m of beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. J. Clarke. 1973. Faunas from the Ferntree Group of south-eastern Tasmania. Technical Reports - Tasmania Department of Mines 16:50-65 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86153: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.01.2009

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