Newmarracarra Limestone | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Age: | Late Bajocian ~ |
Period: | Bajocian |
Prilithology: | Limestone |
Otherlithology: | Sandstone |
Region: | Western Australia |
Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -28.7°N 114.8°W |
Paleocoordinates: | -40.1°N 57.5°W |
Unitof: | Champion Bay Group |
Underlies: | Kojarena Sandstone |
Overlies: | Colalura Sandstone, Bringo Shale |
Extent: | Perth Basin |
The Newmarracarra Limestone is a Bajocian geologic formation, in Western Australia. It consists of yellow grey sandy or clayey limestone, which occasionally grades into calcareous sandstone.[1] Fossils of the Rhynchonellida in the family Wellerellidae, Cirpa fromontae were reported from the formation.[2]