Morgan (Miocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.1° S, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° S, 137.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Glenforslan Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• mid-shelf
• bryozoan-rich limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: B. Thomas, Y. Bone, and J. Clarke. 1999. Fossil whale bones in the Middle Miocene Glenforslan Formation, Morgan. MESA Journal 15:32-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55601: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis incurva Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria sp. Lamouroux 1821
unclassified
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Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888