Warun Ponds Quarry (Oligocene of Australia)

Also known as Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd.; Waurn Ponds

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.2° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.7° S, 142.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Warun Ponds Limestone Member (Jan Juc Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Tertiary (Janjukian), laterally equivalent to the Point Addis Limestone

•Biostratigraphic evidence and foraminiferal 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios [150-152], indicate and age of 25.7–23.9 Ma for the holotype [102]. The base of the Point Addis Limestone has been dated to 24.2 Ma (+1.3, -1.2 Ma) [138], whereas the age of its top is the same as for the Jan Juc Marl and constrained by the contact with the overlying Puebla Formation (23.9 Ma) [151]. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• bryozoal calcarenite with interbedded marls

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1917. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 30(1):32-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46166: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2005, edited by Amanda Doyle

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.4 Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea -
Ceteolites pricei n. sp.6 McCoy 1879 whale
Ceteolites leggei n. sp.6 McCoy 1879 whale
Ceteolites nelsoni n. sp.6 McCoy 1879 whale
Cetotolites baileyi n. sp.8 McCoy 1883 whale
Odontoceti indet.3 Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Dolichodon geelongensis7 McCoy 1882 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
cf. Squalodontidae indet.3 Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.3 Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Mammalodontidae
Mammalodontidae indet.5 Mitchell 1989 whale
NMV P165551 26253 7462 7458 7457 7456 7463 7459 7460 7455 7461 197864 179001 197863 197859 197857 197855 232876 197841 197842 197833 231751 48784 A 48784 B 48781 D 5530 5531 48855 48856 48786 48783 I 48783 F 48781 C 48783 C 48781 F 48783 K 48783 G 48783 E 48783 B 48783 L 197858 48807 B 48787 197854 197840
Mammalodon sp.3 Pritchard 1939 whale
cf. Mammalodon colliveri3 Pritchard 1939 whale
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
"Cetotheriidae" indet.3 Brandt 1872 whale
 Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Eomysticetidae indet.5 Sanders and Barnes 2002 whale
NMV P7452 7453 171618 48781 E 197861 48783 A 197862 48781 A 171617
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet.3 Gill 1872 diprotodont marsupial
Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina minuta2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus cepedianus3 sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp.3 Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.3 de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp.3, Isurus desori3, "Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus2, Isurus retroflexus1, Carcharoides tenuidens1, "? Lamna cattica" = Carcharoides catticus3, Carcharoides totuserratus3, "Carcharodon robustus" = Carcharodon auriculatus2, Lamna sp.3, "Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens2, "Lamna bronni" = Lamna bronnii2
Isurus sp.3 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus desori3 Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus2 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus retroflexus1 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Carcharoides tenuidens1 Chapman 1913 mackerel shark
"? Lamna cattica" = Carcharoides catticus3 Philippi 1846 mackerel shark
Carcharoides totuserratus3 Ameghino 1901 mackerel shark
"Carcharodon robustus" = Carcharodon auriculatus2 Blainville 1818 white shark
Lamna sp.3 Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark
"Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
"Lamna bronni" = Lamna bronnii2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis attenuata2 Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens3, "Lamna apiculata" = Otodus apiculatus2
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens3 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
"Lamna apiculata" = Otodus apiculatus2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias macrotus3, "Carcharias (Prionodon) acutus" = Carcharias acutus2, Carcharias taurus3
"Carcharias (Prionodon) acutus" = Carcharias acutus2 Agassiz 1843 sand shark
Carcharias taurus3 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.3 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis prenticei n. sp.1 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 eagle ray