Allansford (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.4° S, 142.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° S, 140.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Port Campbell Limestone Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. The fossil record of cetaceans (Mammalia) on the Australian continent. The Fossil Collector 72:5-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51329: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale
similar to Scaldicetus
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
cf. Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale