Flinders (Oligocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.8° S, 143.5° E: paleocoordinates 54.4° S, 141.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• ?Oligocene

• bed-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 122543: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia flindersensis n. sp. Dennant 1904 stony coral