Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (Vaginella band): Langhian, Australia
collected by H. Lodge

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Sepiida
Notosepia cliftonensis n. gen., n. sp. Chapman 1915
Chapman 1915
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Sphyrna prisca Agassiz 1843
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
recombined as Cestracion prisca
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus primigenius (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharias (Prionodon) javanus Martin 1887
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis acutisima
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus cf. paucus Guitart-Manday 1966
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus retroflexus (Agassiz 1838)
Fitzgerald 2004
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Fitzgerald 2004
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Scaldicetus lodgei n. sp. Chapman 1917
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Physeteridae
cf. Physeter sp. Linnaeus 1758
Fitzgerald 2004
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenidae indet. (Gray 1821)
Fitzgerald 2004
original and current combination Balanadae
Actinopteri - Osmeriformes - Osmeridae
Hypomesus glaber Stinton 1962
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius fimbriatus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Beryciformes
Trachichthodes salebrosus Stinton 1957
Stinton 1957
Actinopteri - Sillaginidae
Sillago pliocaenica Stinton 1952
Stinton 1957
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard 1907
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastodes fissicostatus Stinton 1962
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Heterenchelys regularis Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Rhynchoconger regularis
Muraenesox obrutus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Congridarum obrutus
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 37.7° South, 141.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.0° South, 140.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Port Campbell Limestone Member:Muddy Creek Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Balcombian (higher Balcombian horizon)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,brown poorly lithified silty marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Brown polyzoal marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H. Lodge
Collection method comments: Repository: National Museum of Victoria
Metadata
Database number:46165
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2005-01-06 14:42:57 Last modified:2016-07-04 22:16:05
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-06 14:42:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12318. F. Chapman. 1917. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 30(1):32-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59709 F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]
13672 E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(2):183-208 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
76029 F. C. Stinton. 1957. Fish otoliths from the Tertiary strata of Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 70:81-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]