ammonites
Adelaide Children's Hospital, Bore 5, 21-22 m [Blanche Point Fm] (Eocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 138.6° E: paleocoordinates 55.0° S, 133.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Blanche Point Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Blanche Point Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Aldingan local stage; Late Eocene; Hantkenina pirimitiva zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite of material from 21-22 m depth in borehole.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• No specific lithologic data is provided, but several supplementary references point to siliciclastic facies for this unit, including mixed sandstone and siltstone lithofacies

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA), New Zealand Geological Survey (NZGS), now GNS.

Primary reference: M. F. Buonaiuto. 1975. Note on the genus Pseudomalaxis Fischer (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and its fossil species in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99(1):21-29 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99242: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.11.2010

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