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LOCATION
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Address NILPENA
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Land Not Within a Council Area (Flinders)
Polygon Type P - parcel (from DCDB)
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Ediacara Fossil Reserve Palaeontological Site, Nilpena Ediacara National Park [Note that National Heritage Place 24300 Ediacara Fossil Site - Nilpena is 20km to the south]
Registered Name Ediacara Fossil Reserve
Significance The Ediacara Fossil Reserve is where fossils of soft bodied marine animals of the Late Precambrian age (600-700 million years ago) were discovered by Reg Sprigg in 1946. These fossils constitute the oldest diversified and abundant marine fauna known to science and are remarkably well-preserved as casts and moulds in red-weathering sandstone. (Flinders Ranges Heritage Survey, 1995)
Subject Index Landscape area - Palaeontological Site
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 04-MAR-1993
REFERENCE
LGA Unincorporated SA
State Heritage ID 14295
Heritage Number 68
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CR 6267/32 D123141 A50

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