Denmark Hill Insect Bed Stratigraphic range: Carnian |
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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°36′S 152°48′E / 27.6°S 152.8°E |
Region | Ipswich |
Country | Australia |
Type section | |
Named for | Denmark Hill |
The Denmark Hill Insect Bed is a Triassic fossil locality in the Denmark Hill Conservation Park of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. 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°36′S 152°48′E / 27.6°S 152.8°ECoordinates: 27°36′S 152°48′E / 27.6°S 152.8°E. Its paleogeographic coordinates are 59°00′S 105°48′E / 59.0°S 105.8°E.