Ad24. Bird Rock (Oligocene of Australia)

Also known as PL3024

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.3° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.9° S, 142.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jan Juc Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Jan Juc Fm, which overlies the Demons Bluff Fm (Late Oligocene) and is overlain by the Puebla Fm (Early Miocene). The Jan Juc Fm is laterally contiguous with the Pt Addis and Waurn Ponds Fm. AGE: Late Oligocene according to molluscan biostratigraphy of Darragh and Kendrick (2000) and Beu and Darragh (2001). Fig. 5 of Beu and Darragh (2001), however, indicates the the base of the formation is correlated to the base of the Aquitanian (Early Miocene), while their appendix lists Late Oligocene as the age. Janjukian local stage=Chattian-Aquitanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Apparently a siliciclastic, shallow marine setting.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, not reported in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV).

Primary reference: T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2000. Eocene bivalves and gastropods from the Pallinup Siltstone, Western Australia, with new records from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112(1):17-58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48647: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.03.2005, edited by Mark Uhen, Pete Wagner and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Includes both antiquated (Tate 1880's) and modern nomenclature, but all at species-level resolution. Nomenclature revised following Darragh (1980 and later texts).
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Liotiidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Umbilia (Umbilia) prosila2, "Cypraea (Aricia) platyrhyncha n. sp." = Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha6, Zoila glomerabilis3
Umbilia (Umbilia) prosila2 Darragh 2002 cowry
"Cypraea (Aricia) platyrhyncha n. sp." = Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha6 McCoy 1876 cowry
Zoila glomerabilis3 Darragh 2011 cowry
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus gaderopoides McCoy 1876 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
"Waldheimia corioensis" = Cudmorella corioensis7
"Waldheimia corioensis" = Cudmorella corioensis7 McCoy 1877
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Schizaster) halli8 McNamara and Philip 1980 heart urchin
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.4 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.4 Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
"Isurus minutus" = Oxyrhina minuta1
"Isurus minutus" = Oxyrhina minuta1 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cainozoicus4 Pledge 1985 bullhead shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis attenuata1 Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis incurva4 Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.4 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias taurus4 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp.4 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus regroflexus1 mackerel shark
"Isurus desorii" = Isurus oxyrinchus1 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus planus4 Agassiz 1856 mackerel shark
Isurus desori4 Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Carcharoides totuserratus4 Ameghino 1901 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Carcharias elegans" = Striatolamia macrota4
"Carcharias elegans" = Striatolamia macrota4 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens4, "Lamna apiculata" = Otodus apiculatus1
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens4 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
"Lamna apiculata" = Otodus apiculatus1 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Waipatiidae
Waipatiidae indet.5 Fordyce 1994 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Prosqualodon sp.4 Lydekker 1894 toothed whale
Mysticeti indet.4 Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Mammalodontidae
Mammalodon "new species 1"4 Pritchard 1939 whale
Mammalodon colliveri n. gen. n. sp.9 Pritchard 1939 whale
Aves
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Aves indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 bird
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius fimbriatus4 Stinton 1957
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorhynchus elevatus4 Stinton 1956 grenadiers
 Beryciformes - Monocentridae
 Beryciformes -
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
"Gadus refertus" = Nolfophidion refertus4, "Ophidion granosum" = Hoplobrotula granosum4
"Gadus refertus" = Nolfophidion refertus4 Stinton 1957
"Ophidion granosum" = Hoplobrotula granosum4 Stinton 1957
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillago pliocaenica4 Stinton 1952
 Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Xiphias sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 sword fish
 Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Megalops lissa4 Stinton 1957
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Heterenchelys regularis" = Rhynchoconger regularis4, Astroconger rostratus4
"Heterenchelys regularis" = Rhynchoconger regularis4 Stinton 1957 conger eel
Astroconger rostratus4 Stinton 1957 conger eel
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus pervetustus4 Stinton 1957 bonefish