Blanche Point (Eocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.2° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 55.3° S, 133.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: P15 foram zone, Blanch Point Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• upper Eocene; Gull Rock Member and the Tuketja Member

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

• green and grey, glauconitic and fossiliferous calcareous mudstone with a few limestone lenses; the Tuketja Member consists of alternating bands of tough, dark grey chert and friable clays, silts and calcareous clays (Jenkins et al., 1982)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: SAM, South Australian Museum

Primary reference: T. A. Darragh. 2011. Orthochetus (Gastropoda: Cerithiidae) in the Eocene of southern Australia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1):35-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 100232: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Orthochetus pagoda
Orthochetus pagoda Chapman and Crespin 1934 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Tectifusus aldingensis1, Dennantia aldingensis1
Tectifusus aldingensis1 Tate 1888 snail
Dennantia aldingensis1 Tate 1888 snail
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Pseudophychthys acer n. sp." = Pseudophichthys2
"Pseudophychthys acer n. sp." = Pseudophichthys2 conger eel
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Tripterophycis immutatus2
Tripterophycis immutatus2 Schwarzhans 1980
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Atherinidarum sp.2
Atherinidarum sp.2 Risso 1827 silverside
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Saccogaster torpidus n. sp.2
Saccogaster torpidus n. sp.2 Schwarzhans 1985
 Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Hoplostethus sinusaustralis n. sp.2
1Darragh 2017; 2Schwarzhans 1985