Denmark Hill Insect Bed

Denmark Hill Insect Bed 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
Named for	Denmark Hill
Coordinates	59°00′S 105°48′E / 59.0°S 105.8°E / -59.0; 105.8
Region	Ipswich
Country	Australia

The Denmark Hill Insect Bed is a Triassic fossil locality in the Denmark Hill Conservation Park of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.^[1][2] 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°E / -27.6; 152.8Coordinates: 27°36′S 152°48′E / 27.6°S 152.8°E / -27.6; 152.8. Its paleogeographic coordinates are 59°00′S 105°48′E / 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

Queensland portal

• List of fossil sites

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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. http://www.archive.org/stream/mesozoictertiary00till/mesozoictertiary00till_djvu.txt. Retrieved 11 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Denmark Hill Conservation Park". Discover-Our-Ipswich.com. http://www.discover-our-ipswich.com/denmarkhillconservationpark.html. Retrieved 11 August 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Denmark Hill Insect Bed". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=111558. 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. http://www.archive.org/stream/mesozoictertiary00till/mesozoictertiary00till_djvu.txt. Retrieved 11 August 2011.