Where: South Australia, Australia (34.2° S, 140.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 138.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cadell Marl, which interfingers within the Morgan Limestone (Middle Miocene), and is further overlain by the Pata Limestone in Murray Basin. AGE: middle Middle Miocene (Balcombian) 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: coastal; marl

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 72191: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2007

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