Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
A--Perisphinctes championensis, Crick. Jurassic. West Australia
B--Nautilus hendersoni, Eth. fil. L. Cretaceous. Queensland
C--Haploceras daintreei, Eth. sp. L. Cretaceous. Queensland
D--Crioceras australe, Moore. L. Cretaceous. Queensland
E--Aturia australis, McCoy. Cainozoic. Victoria
F--Spirulirostra curta, Tate. Cainozoic (Janjukian). Victoria
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The Jurassic of Western Australia yields a rich cephalopod fauna, from
which may be selected as typical examples the _Nautilus_, _N. perornatus_
and the following Ammonites: _Dorsetensia clarkei_; _Normanites
australis_; and _Perisphinctes championensis_ (Fig. 106 A). These all
occur in the Greenough River District, and at several other Jurassic
localities in Western Australia.
The Jurassic system of New Zealand (Putataka Series) contains _Ammonites
aucklandicus_ and _Belemnites aucklandicus_, both from the upper marine
horizon of that series.
Upper Jurassic Ammonites belonging to the genera _Macrocephalites_ (_M._
cf. _calloviensis_) and _Erymnoceras_ (_E._ cf. _coronatum_) have been
recorded from Papua.
=Lower Cretaceous Cephalopods.--=
Remains of Cephalopoda are fairly abundant in the Lower Cretaceous of
Australasia. From amongst them may be selected the following--_Nautilus
hendersoni_ (Fig. 106 B) (Q.); _Haploceras daintreei_ (Fig. 106 C) (Q. and
N.S.W.); _Desmoceras flindersi_ (Q. and N.S.W.); _Schloenbachia inflatus_
(Q.); _Scaphites cruciformis_ (N. Terr.); _Ancyloceras flindersi_ (Q.
and N.S.W.); _Crioceras australe_ (Fig. 106 D) (Q. and S.A.); _Belemites
australis_ (Q.); _B. oxys_ (Q., N.S.W., and S.A.); _B. sellheimi_ (Q. and
S.A.); _B. diptycha_, = _canhami_, Tate, (Q., N.S.W., and S.A.); and _B.
eremos_ (Centr. S.A.).
=Upper Cretaceous Cephalopods.--=
In the Upper Cretaceous (Desert Sandstone) of Queensland there occurs
a Belemnite somewhat resembling _Belemnites diptycha_, but with a very
pointed apex.
=Cretaceous Cephalopods, New Zealand.--=
In New Zealand the Amuri System (Cretaceous) contains fossils which
have been referred to the genera _Ammonites_, _Baculites_, _Hamites_,
_Ancyloceras_ and _Belemnites_, but probably these determinations require
some further revision. A species of Belemnite has also been noted from
probable Cretaceous beds in Papua.
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