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