Portland Limestone Cliffs (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.4° S, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° S, 140.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Port Campbell Limestone Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Mitchellian, c. 8.2-10.8 Ma, planktonic foraminiferal zone N16

Environment/lithology: sandy limestone

• sandy beds within the Port Campbell Limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. J. Piper, E. M. G. Fitzgerald, and T. H. Rich. 2006. Mesozoic to early Quaternary mammal faunas of Victoria, South-East Australia. Palaeontology 49(6):1237-1262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70554: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenidae indet.
Balaenidae indet. Gray 1821 right whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet.
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale
similar to Scaldicetus
 Cetacea -
Delphinoidea indet.
Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale
3 types