Blanche Point Marl: Late/Upper Eocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis cudmorei
Chapman 1917
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Carcharias cuspidatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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| recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Lamna apiculata
(Agassiz 1838)
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| original and current combination Otodus apiculatus | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
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Lamna vincenti
(Winkler 1878)
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Carcharias contortidens
(Agassiz 1843)
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| recombined as Lamna contortidens | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias macrotus
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Carcharias rutoti
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Carcharias maslinensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notidanus serratissimus
Agassiz 1843
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| recombined as Notorhynchus serratissimus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° South, 138.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.2° South, 132.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Blanche Point Marl | ||||
| Regional section: | St Vincent | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Aldingan, Carter's Unit 2. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 159896 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Pimiento |
| Created: | 2014-08-11 16:55:44 | Last modified: | 2014-08-11 16:55:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-11 16:55:44 |
| 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] |