Where: Victoria, Australia (38.8° S, 143.4° E: paleocoordinates 58.2° S, 141.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Browns Creek Clay Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• From Browns Creek Clay. Described as "Browns Creek Marl" so likely from upper marl/clay unit. Contains Hantkenina alabamensis compressa Parr. The combined evidence of I. recurvus and C. reticulatus assigns the lower part of the Browns Creek Clay a late Eocene age , equivalent to low either Zone NP19/20 or Subzone CP15b. A correlation with the foraminiferal zonal interval high P15 to within P16 of the tropics is possible.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. McGowran. 1959. Tertiary nautiloids (Eutrephoceras and Cimomia) from South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 33:435-448 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171297: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2015, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cimomia felix Chapman 1915 nautiloid | |
Actinopteri | |
Scorpaenidarum johannaensis n. sp.
Scorpaenidarum johannaensis n. sp. Schwarzhans 1985 perch-like fish | |
Diaphus emensus n. sp.
Diaphus emensus n. sp. Schwarzhans 1985 lanternfish |