Portland Limestone Cliffs: Tortonian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821
similar to Scaldicetus
Mammalia - Cetacea
Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865
3 types
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenidae indet. (Gray 1821)
original and current combination Balanadae
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.4° South, 141.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° South, 140.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Port Campbell Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: Mitchellian, c. 8.2-10.8 Ma, planktonic foraminiferal zone N16
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sandy beds within the Port Campbell Limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:70554
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-28 14:49:14 Last modified:2019-09-19 21:28:59
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-28 14:49:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]