Beaumaris (Oligocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 53.5° S, 143.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122478: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiacyathidae
"Bathyactis beaumariensis n. sp." = Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) beaumariensis
"Bathyactis beaumariensis n. sp." = Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) beaumariensis Dennant 1904 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Deltocyathus fontinalis Dennant 1904 stony coral