Newmarracarra Limestone Explained

Newmarracarra Limestone
Type:Geological formation
Age:Late Bajocian
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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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newmarracarra Limestone. Geoscience Australia and Australian Stratigraphy Commission. Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. 21 August 2018.
  2. Craig, 2002