At the 1873 Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition salt from the Hutt Lagoon deposit was Highly Commended.
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The holotype, "'QM F10329 "', was discovered in a layer of the Bungil Formation, the Minmi Member, a lagoon deposit which was first dated to the Barremian-Valanginian, but later was recalibrated to the Aptian.