Denmark Hill Insect Bed
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The Denmark Hill Insect Bed is a Triassic fossil locality in the Denmark Hill Conservation Park of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]
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Denmark Hill Insect Bed | |
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Stratigraphic range: Carnian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Blackstone Formation |
Underlies | Bluff coal seam |
Overlies | Aberdare coal seam |
Thickness | 15 cm (5.9 in) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Location | |
Coordinates | 27.6°S 152.8°E / -27.6; 152.8 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 59.0°S 105.8°E / -59.0; 105.8 |
Region | Ipswich |
Country | Australia |
Type section | |
Named for | Denmark Hill |
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