Newmerella: Burdigalian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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"Cetotheriidae" indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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= Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Piper et al. 2006 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeatus
(Davis 1888)
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Chapman 1918 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis incurva
(Davis 1888)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina gippslandicus n. sp.
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 37.8° South, 148.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° South, 147.4° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | Foram zone: | N5-N7 |
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Gippsland Limestone | Member: | Lindenow Sandstone | ||
Stratigraphy comments: Longfordian, planktonic foram zones N5-N7 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,ferruginous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: ferruginous fine quartz sandstone | |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: shallow marine, major transgression |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Neumerella | ||
Database number: | 51404 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-06-03 09:54:52 | Last modified: | 2019-09-04 21:28:37 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2005-09-03 09:54:52 |
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] |
Secondary references:
19495 | F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
23682 | K. J. Piper, E. M. G. Fitzgerald, and T. H. Rich. 2006. Mesozoic to early Quaternary mammal faunas of Victoria, South-East Australia. Palaeontology 49(6):1237-1262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |