Rocky Point (Oligocene of Australia)
Where: Victoria, Australia (38.4° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.9° S, 142.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Jan Juc Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• ?lower Jan Juc Marl
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; yellow, silty, sandy marl
• strong water mixing, oxygen-poor, bioturbation
• yellow-orange silty and sandy marls
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 51393: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.06.2005
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
Janjucetus hunderi n. gen. n. sp.
Janjucetus hunderi n. gen. n. sp. Fitzgerald 2006 whale | |