Bairnsdale Limestone (Miocene of Australia)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.

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

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Restricted list, only comprising bivalvia and gastropoda mentioned in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with species-level assignments.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Umbilia (Umbilia) siphonata Chapman 1922 cowry
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
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