Orphanage Hill: Langhian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Sphyrna prisca
Agassiz 1843
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| recombined as Cestracion prisca | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Acanthias geelongensis n. sp.
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° South, 144.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.4° South, 142.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Balcombian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Geelong | ||
| Database number: | 204306 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-09-04 15:59:01 | Last modified: | 2019-09-04 15:59:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-04 15:59:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |