Spring Creek, Dennant collection: Oligocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiacyathidae
Bathyactis excelsa n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
recombined as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) excelsa
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Stephanophyllia implexa n. sp. Dennant 1899
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
? Discotrochus pateriformis n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Trematotrochus complanatus n. sp. Dennant 1899
Conocyathus scrobiculatus n. sp. Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
synonym of Conocyathus zelandiae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Ceratotrochus halli n. sp. Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
Ceratotrochus exilis Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
Stephanotrochus tatei n. sp. Dennant 1899
Dennant 1899
synonym of Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger
? Leptocyathus convexus n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Deltocyathus fontinalis n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Deltocyathus stellaris n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Platytrochus curvatus Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
Platytrochus hastatus Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
Platytrochus airensis Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
Deltocyathus subviola n. sp. Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
recombined as Notocyathus subviola
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Conosmilia stylifera n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Placotrochus magnus n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
recombined as Periplacotrochus magnus
Placotrochus pueblensis n. sp. Dennant 1903
Dennant 1903
recombined as Periplacotrochus pueblensis
Flabellum medioplicatum n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Flabellum fastigatum n. sp. Dennant 1899
Dennant 1899
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia induta n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia basedowi Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia truncata n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Lamna crassidens Agassiz 1838
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Odontaspis contortidens (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
recombined as Lamna contortidens
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Gadus refertus n. sp. Stinton 1957
Stinton 1957
recombined as Nolfophidion refertus
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus pervetustus n. sp. Stinton 1957
Stinton 1957
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.3° South, 144.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.9° South, 142.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Dennant said Upper Eocene, according to Cairns 1997 a Janjukian (Oligocene) age is more likely
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:122348
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-22 01:56:29 Last modified:2021-03-23 14:50:28
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-12-22 01:56:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

38943. J. Dennant. 1899. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:281-287 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

61651 F. Chapman and G. B. Pritchard. 1904. Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17:267-297 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]
39022 J. Dennant. 1899. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:112-122 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
38987 J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:255-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
39011 J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:1-6 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
39021 J. Dennant. 1903. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 6. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27:208-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
39036 J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
76029 F. C. Stinton. 1957. Fish otoliths from the Tertiary strata of Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 70:81-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]