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