Notes on Australian Lower Cretaceous Palaeogeography and Fossils

A collection of marine Lower Cretaceous Mollusca fossils from the Mount Samuel area in central Western Australia. The dataset includes notes on six genera and seven species and discusses palaeogeographic connections between the Great Artesian Basin and other regions during the Aptian age. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated on 2026-06-04.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing ancient marine migration routes based on fossil distribution mentioned in the description.
• Correlating geological formations across Australian basins based on described fossil assemblages.
• Studying Aptian-age palaeogeography based on the suggested seaway connections.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific collection of six genera and seven species of marine Mollusca.
• Provides palaeogeographic hypotheses connecting distinct Australian geological basins.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided as 2026-06-04 06:03:17.629069.

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

Cretaceous period, specifically Aptian and Upper Albian ages.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:03:17.629069; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mount Samuel area (central Western Australia), Great Artesian Basin, Officer Basin, Eucla Basin, Dampier Peninsula.