Tortachilla Limestone (basal grit): Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Carcharias cuspidatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Lamna apiculata
(Agassiz 1838)
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original and current combination Otodus apiculatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias macrotus
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Carcharias maslinensis
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
Coordinates: | 35.2° South, 138.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 55.3° South, 133.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tortachilla Limestone | ||||
Regional section: | St Vincent Basin | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Aldingan (Upper Eocene), Carter's Unit 1. |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: No specific lithologic data is provided. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: The paleontological collection of the Department of Geology, University of Adelaide, the Geological Survey of South Australia, and several small private collections, were studied.
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Metadata
Database number: | 159895 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
Modifier: | C. Pimiento | ||
Created: | 2014-08-11 16:11:33 | Last modified: | 2014-08-11 16:48:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-11 16:11:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
52184. | N. S. Pledge. 1967. Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transaction of the Royal Society of South Australia 91:135-160 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] |