Murray River cliff, 4 miles downstream from Morgan: Langhian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Notidanidae
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Isurus eocaenus
(Woodward 1889)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
| recombined as Xenodolamia eocaena | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Umbilia (Umbilia) leptorhyncha
(McCoy 1877)
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Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia
(Sowerby 1845)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° South, 139.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° South, 137.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | Foram zone: | M6-7 |
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Morgan | Formation: | Cadell Marl | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Miocene age, Balcombian stage, which is later Langhian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue poorly lithified sandy marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Highly fossiliferous blue grey sandy marl | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176301 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, M. Uhen | Enterer: | P. Wagner, M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-06 15:18:22 | Last modified: | 2016-02-06 15:18:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-06 15:18:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18301. | T. A. Darragh. 2002. A revision of the Australian genus Umbilia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 59(2):355-392 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |