Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 147.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° S, 146.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bairnsdale Limestone Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bairnsdale Limestone, which intertongues with the Wuk Wuk Fm, overlies the Gippsland Marl (Early-Middle Miocene) and underlies the Tambo River Fm (Late Miocene) in the Gippsland Basin. AGE: latest Middle Miocene (Bairnsdalian) according to Beu and Darragh (2001). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple localities and horizons, hence assigned to a "formation" scale.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Multiple, unknown collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including the Museum of Victoria, Melborne, Victoria, Australia.
Primary reference: A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113(1):1-205 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72187: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Umbilia (Umbilia) siphonata Chapman 1922 cowry | |
Bivalvia | |
Talochlamys sp., Talochlamys keiloriana, Austrohinnites corioensis, Serripecten yahliensis, Serripecten semilaevis
Talochlamys sp. Iredale 1929 scallop
Talochlamys keiloriana Crespin 1926 scallop
Austrohinnites corioensis McCoy 1879 scallop
Serripecten yahliensis Tenison Woods 1865 scallop
Serripecten semilaevis McCoy 1876 scallop |