Umpherstone's Cave (Oligocene of Australia)

Also known as Umpherston Sinkhole

Where: Western Australia, Australia (37.8° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° S, 137.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Janjukian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204314: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota
"Odontaspis elegans" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark