Telford's Quarry: Aquitanian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cassidulinidae
Globocassidulina sublobosa
Heterolepidae
Heterolepa brevoralis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides zelandicus
original and current combination Valvalabamina
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides pseudoungerianus
Globigerinidae
Paragloborotalia spp.
Globoturborotalita brazieri
Globoturborotalita connecta
Globoturborotalita woodi (Jenkins 1960)
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Mammalia - Cetacea
Chaeomysticeti indet. Mitchell 1989
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia
Coordinates: 37.9° South, 140.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.5° South, 137.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gambier Member:Camelback
Stratigraphy comments: early Miocene (N5), about 22 Ma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:white poorly lithified sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: bryozoan calcarenite
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: trangression, deep sea
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:104943
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-12 07:21:10 Last modified:2017-02-26 15:24:40
Access level:database members Released:2011-05-12 07:21:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35125. N. S. Pledge. 2010. The Telford "Cetothere" (Cetacea: Mysticeti). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13(4):158-163 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]