Lower Cretaceous Mollusca Of The Great Artesian Basin Type In The Gibson Desert, Central Western Australia. Mesozoic Fossils From Eastern New Guinea, including Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic Marine Mollusca and Lower Cretaceous Mollusca from the Sampa Beds near Wan. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-06-04.
Use Cases
- Identify fossil species based on descriptions of Lower Cretaceous mollusca from the Gibson Desert.
- Compare marine mollusk assemblages from Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic periods in New Guinea.
- Analyze the paleoecology of the Sampa Beds near Wan based on described Lower Cretaceous mollusca.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific geological period (Mesozoic) and region (Australia and New Guinea).
- Includes data from distinct geological formations (Great Artesian Basin type, Sampa Beds).
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Mesozoic era (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous periods)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 07:07:28.106929; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia (Gibson Desert, Great Artesian Basin) and New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea, Wan)