Portland Limestone Cliffs: Tortonian, 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
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Delphinoidea indet.
Flower 1865
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3 types | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaenidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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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] |