Muddy Creek (AUGD collection): Langhian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia australis
(McCoy 1876)
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| synonym of Aturia cubaensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 37.7° South, 141.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.1° South, 140.0° 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
| Formation: | Port Campbell Limestone | Member: | Muddy Creek Marl | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Balcombian in Australian timescale. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray poorly lithified silty marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Adelaide University Geology Department | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179842 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-02 18:14:26 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-02 18:14:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13527. | M. F. Glaessner. 1955. Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia. Records of the South Australia Museum 353-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |