Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 144.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° S, 143.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Fyansford Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• youngest part of the Fyansford Formation, zone N12 (Bairnsdalian)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
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 51396: 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 |