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Cretaceous microfossils from the Hay River area, Northern Territory

Created 09/01/2026

Updated 09/01/2026

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Lower Cretaceous marine microfossils have been recovered from a bore on the Plenty River, Hay River 4-mile sheet. Their presence demonstrates a westerly extension of the marine Lower Cretaceous below the sand cover of the Simpson Desert.

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Title Cretaceous microfossils from the Hay River area, Northern Territory
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7e1d1ae5-d556-4ed8-b20e-a41ead8f6121
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Cretaceous microfossils from the Hay River area, Northern Territory". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/cretaceous-microfossils-from-the-hay-river-area-northern-territory2