Witton Bluff (Eocene of Australia)
Where: South Australia, Australia (30.1° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° S, 132.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Transitional Marl Member (Blanche Point Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1955. Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia. Records of the South Australia Museum 353-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50365: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.05.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin
Palaeeudyptes marplesi Brodkorb 1963 penguin |