Where: Victoria, Australia (38.7° S, 143.2° E: paleocoordinates 53.3° S, 140.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Clifton Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• nodule bed within the Clifton Formation
Environment/lithology: phosphatic, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(2):183-208 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51388: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark |