Allansford: Middle Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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similar to Scaldicetus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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cf. Cetotheriidae indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 142.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.2° South, 140.9° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Port Campbell Limestone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 51329 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-06-02 18:18:22 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:13:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-02 18:18:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12558. | E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. The fossil record of cetaceans (Mammalia) on the Australian continent. The Fossil Collector 72:5-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |