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Elaeophyton coorongianum
Elaeophyton coorongianum Thiess. Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 132(I): 126. 14 May 1925
- Name
- Elaeophyton coorongianum
- Rank
- Species
- Non-fossil
- Yes
- Original spelling
- coorongiana
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Elaeophyton
- Authors (Pub.)
- Thiessen R.
- Publication
- Origin of the boghead coals [1925/5]
- Journal
- Professional Papers / United States Geological Survey
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- I
- Page number
- 126
- Year
- 1925
- Fossil Status
- thallus (colonial)
- Strat. comment
- boghead coal, or kerosene shale, torbanite, albertite, brown cannel coal, bituminite, parrot coal
- Location
- The Coorong, South Australia, Australia; kerosene shales from Newnes, New South Wales, Australia; bogheads from Torbane Hill and from Bathgate, both in Scotland, UK; American bogheads from Alaska and from Kiskiminetas Junction, Pennsylavania, USA.
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (Australia)
