Gellibrand River: Langhian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Notophyllia semivestita n. gen., n. sp. Dennant 1899
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Trematotrochus kitsoni Dennant 1901
Dennant 1901
recombined as Foveolocyathus kitsoni
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Ceratotrochus exilis Dennant 1902
Dennant 1902
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina minuta Agassiz 1843
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo davisi n. sp. Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.7° South, 143.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° South, 141.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Dennant said Eocene, according to Cairns 2001 a Balcombian (Middle Miocene) 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:122377
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-22 19:27:46 Last modified:2019-09-04 16:08:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-12-22 19:27:46
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]
39023 J. Dennant. 1901. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25:48-53 [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]