Ulverstone (Miocene to of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.1° S, 146.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.4° S, 145.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 3.6 Ma)

• orobably from Janjukian or Kalimnan beds of the Table Cape series of Tasmania (Miocene or Lower Pliocene)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1918. On an apparently new type of cetacean tooth from the Tertiary of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 30:149-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47124: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Scaptodon lodderi n. gen. n. sp.
Scaptodon lodderi n. gen. n. sp. Chapman 1918 toothed whale