Spring Creek, Dennant collection: Oligocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia truncata n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Balanophyllia basedowi
Dennant 1904
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Balanophyllia induta n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Dennant 1904 | ||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Stephanophyllia implexa n. sp.
Dennant 1899
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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? Discotrochus pateriformis n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiacyathidae
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Bathyactis excelsa n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Dennant 1904 | ||||||
recombined as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) excelsa | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Trematotrochus complanatus n. sp.
Dennant 1899
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Conocyathus scrobiculatus n. sp.
Dennant 1902
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synonym of Conocyathus zelandiae | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum medioplicatum n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Flabellum fastigatum n. sp.
Dennant 1899
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Placotrochus magnus n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Dennant 1904 | ||||||
recombined as Periplacotrochus magnus | |||||||
Placotrochus pueblensis n. sp.
Dennant 1903
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Dennant 1903 | ||||||
recombined as Periplacotrochus pueblensis | |||||||
Conosmilia stylifera n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Dennant 1904 | ||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Stephanotrochus tatei n. sp.
Dennant 1899
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synonym of Stephanocyathus (Acinocyathus) spiniger | |||||||
? Leptocyathus convexus n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Ceratotrochus exilis
Dennant 1902
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Ceratotrochus halli n. sp.
Dennant 1902
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Deltocyathus stellaris n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Deltocyathus fontinalis n. sp.
Dennant 1904
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Dennant 1904 | ||||||
Platytrochus airensis
Dennant 1902
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Platytrochus hastatus
Dennant 1902
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Platytrochus curvatus
Dennant 1902
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Deltocyathus subviola n. sp.
Dennant 1902
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Dennant 1902 | ||||||
recombined as Notocyathus subviola | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Pterothrissus pervetustus n. sp.
Stinton 1957
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Ophidiidae
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Gadus refertus n. sp.
Stinton 1957
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recombined as Nolfophidion refertus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon auriculatus
(Blainville 1818)
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | ||||||
Odontaspis contortidens
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | ||||||
recombined as Lamna contortidens | |||||||
Lamna crassidens
Agassiz 1838
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 38.3° South, 144.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 53.9° South, 142.2° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
Key time interval: | Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Dennant said Upper Eocene, according to Cairns 1997 a Janjukian (Oligocene) age is more likely |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 122348 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Uhen | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-12-22 01:56:29 | Last modified: | 2021-03-23 14:50:28 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-12-22 01:56:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
38943. | J. Dennant. 1899. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:281-287 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
61651 | F. Chapman and G. B. Pritchard. 1904. Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17:267-297 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] | |
39022 | J. Dennant. 1899. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23:112-122 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
38987 | J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:255-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
39011 | J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:1-6 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
39021 | J. Dennant. 1903. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 6. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27:208-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
39036 | J. Dennant. 1904. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 28:52-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
76029 | F. C. Stinton. 1957. Fish otoliths from the Tertiary strata of Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 70:81-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |