Princetown Beach: Chattian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 38.7° South, 143.2° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 53.3° South, 140.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Clifton | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: nodule bed within the Clifton Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphatic sandy "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: phosphate and limonite nodules within limestone-sandy limestone matrix | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 51388 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-06-03 06:24:37 | Last modified: | 2021-03-23 14:45:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-03 06:24:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |