Cape Otway: Oligocene - Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Pleuropodia otwayensis n. gen., n. sp. Dennant 1903
Dennant 1903
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Ceratotrochus australiensis
Dennant 1904
Ceratotrochus exilis n. sp. Dennant 1902
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Trematotrochus kitsoni Dennant 1901
Dennant 1901
recombined as Foveolocyathus kitsoni
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Conosmilia granulata n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia basedowi Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia truncata Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia torta n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia induta Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia fossata n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia cauliculata n. sp. Dennant 1904
Dennant 1904
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.9° South, 143.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.3° South, 141.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Key time interval:Oligocene - Miocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Dennant said Eocene, but an Oligocene-Miocene 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:122382
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-22 23:04:25 Last modified:2011-12-22 06:04:25
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-12-22 23:04:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

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]
39023 J. Dennant. 1901. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25:48-53 [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]