Wood's Flat, Murray River: Langhian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis recurvidens
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras altifrons
(Chapman 1915)
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| original and current combination Nautilus altifrons | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° South, 139.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° South, 137.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Morgan Limestone, now considered to be a subgroup; formation not known. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: South Australian Museum or University of Adelaide (AUGD) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 171289 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Clapham, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-07-05 14:08:13 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-05 14:08:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55713. | B. McGowran. 1959. Tertiary nautiloids (Eutrephoceras and Cimomia) from South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 33:435-448 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 61719 | F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |