Walker Wells: Priabonian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
? Cellepora sp. Linnaeus 1767
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
? Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
? Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia
Coordinates: 35.4° South, 138.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.5° South, 133.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:205781
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-10-21 16:35:47 Last modified:2019-10-25 18:32:30
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-21 16:35:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61723. N. S. Pledge, A. R. Milnes, R. P. Bourman and N. F. Alley. 2015. Fossil shark teeth from upland Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia: evidence for previously unknown Tertiary marine sediments. Mesa Journal 76(1):67-73 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]