Australian Lower Cretaceous Palaeogeography Notes from Mount Samuel

Aptian-age marine mollusc fossils from the Mount Samuel area in central Western Australia, consisting of six genera and seven species. The collection is published by Geoscience Australia and suggests the existence of seaways connecting the Great Artesian Basin and Dampier Peninsula during the Cretaceous period. The data is presented in document formats like PDF and HTML.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing Aptian-age palaeogeography based on fossil evidence and seaway hypotheses.
• Studying marine mollusc migration patterns based on suggested southern and western routes.
• Correlating geological formations like the Roma and Tambo Formations across Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific geological period (Aptian) and location (Mount Samuel area).
• Identifies a specific fossil collection of six genera and seven species.
• Proposes concrete palaeogeographic hypotheses about seaway connections.

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/temporal bias inherent to the specific fossil collection.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

A collection of fossil specimens and associated geological analysis.

Time Range

Lower Cretaceous (Aptian and Upper Albian ages)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:47:31.681765; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central Western Australia (Mount Samuel area), Great Artesian Basin, Officer and Eucla Basins, Dampier Peninsula, Northern Territory, Queensland