Denmark Hill Insect Bed

The Denmark Hill Insect Bed is a Triassic fossil locality in the Denmark Hill Conservation Park of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Denmark Hill Insect Bed
Stratigraphic range: Carnian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofBlackstone Formation
UnderliesBluff coal seam
OverliesAberdare coal seam
Thickness15 cm (5.9 in)
Lithology
PrimaryShale
Location
Coordinates27.6°S 152.8°E / -27.6; 152.8
Approximate paleocoordinates59.0°S 105.8°E / -59.0; 105.8
RegionIpswich
Country Australia
Type section
Named forDenmark Hill
Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Australia)
Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Queensland)

Description

It belongs to the Blackstone Formation (Ipswich Coal Measures Group) dated to the Carnian age (228.0 - 216.5 million years ago). Its coordinates are 27.6°S 152.8°E / -27.6; 152.8. Its paleogeographic coordinates are 59.0°S 105.8°E / -59.0; 105.8.[3]

The fossiliferous layer is located in between the Bluff coal seam and the Aberdare coal seam. It is 15 cm (5.9 in) thick and is composed greenish grey to brownish grey arenaceous shale. The existence of coal seams above and below the layer indicates that it may have once been a lake (lacustrine environment).[3]

The site is noted as a source of well-preserved insect fossils.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. R. J. Tillyard and B. Dunstan (1916). "Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features". Queensland Geological Survey (253): 1–63. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. "Denmark Hill Conservation Park". Discover-Our-Ipswich.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. "Denmark Hill Insect Bed". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. E.F. Riek (1967). "On the Occurrence of Fossil Insects in the Mesozoic Rocks of Western Australia". Records of the Australian Museum. 27 (16): 311–312. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.27.1968.450. ISSN 0067-1975. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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