Australian Lower Cretaceous Marine Mollusca Fossils from Mount Samuel Area

A small collection of marine Lower Cretaceous Mollusca from the Mount Samuel area in central Western Australia. The collection consists of six genera and seven species known from the Roma Formation beds of the Great Artesian Basin. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated on 2026-04-16.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing Aptian-age palaeogeography based on fossil distribution patterns.
• Studying marine organism migration routes between the Great Artesian Basin and Mount Samuel area.
• Correlating sedimentary formations like the Roma and Tambo Formations across Queensland and the Northern Territory.
• Analyzing the composition of a small fossil collection consisting of six genera and seven species.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific geological period (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian and Upper Albian ages).
• Describes a specific fossil collection from a defined location (Mount Samuel area, central Western Australia).
• Correlates findings with named geological formations (Roma Formation, Tambo Formation).

Limitations

• The dataset's size, row count, and specific file contents are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on specific Australian basins.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Likely a published scientific collection or notes.

Time Range

Cretaceous period, specifically Aptian and Upper Albian ages.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 16:37:31.883527; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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