Bird Rock Bluff (inc. Juc Juc and Puebla Fm): Early/Lower Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptropsis turbinata (Tenison Woods 1879)
Tate 1893
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gemmulata Tate 1893
Tate 1893
recombined as Ctenocolpus gemmulata
Turritella septifraga Tate 1893
Tate 1893
recombined as Gazameda septifraga
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sigaretus microstira Tate 1893
Tate 1893
recombined as Ectosinum microstira
Natica hamiltonensis (Tenison Woods 1879)
Tate 1893
recombined as Tanea hamiltonensis
Natica subnoae Tate 1893
Tate 1893
recombined as Taniella subnoae
Natica polita Tenison Woods 1876
Tate 1893
recombined as Friginatica polita
Natica wintlei Tenison Woods 1876
Tate 1893
recombined as Friginatica wintlei
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Trichotropis semiundulata
Tate 1893
Trichotropis apicilirata Tate 1890
Tate 1893
recombined as Sirius apicilirata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus heterospira Tate 1890
Tate 1888
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Crossea semiornata Tate 1893
Tate 1893
recombined as Crosseola semiornata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium pseudomagnum McCoy 1877
recombined as Hedecardium (Hedecardium) pseudomagnum
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia semiundulata Jenkins 1865
recombined as Eotrigonia semiundulata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus gaderopoides McCoy 1876
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea corioensis McCoy 1876
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aurita
original and current combination Limopsis
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.3° South, 144.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° South, 142.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jan Juc
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From lithostratigraphic units that may include the Jan Juc Fm, which conformably overlies the Demons Bluff Fm (Early-Late Oligocene), laterally correlates to Point Addis and Waurn Ponds Fms, and the Puebla Fm, which is conformably overlain by the Zeally Limestone (Early Miocene) and Fyansford Fm (Middle Miocene). AGE: earliest Early Miocene (late Janjukian-early Longfordian) according to Beu and Darragh (2001). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple localities and horizons, hence assigned to a "formation" scale. NOTES: From antiquated publication that predates establishment of region lithostratigraphic framework. Assignments to lithostratigraphic unit and age are based on interpretation by enterer on the basis of cross-referening localities and taxa to more recent publications (e.g. Darragh 1970, Darragh 1986, and in particular Beu and Darragh 2001).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, not stated in text.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown collectors, possibly including Tate (1880's). REPOSITORY: South Australia Museum (SAM), Adelaide, Australia.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive list, comprising bivalvia, gastropoda, and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Very antiquated nomenclature (c. 1880's) with species-level assignments from authoritative publication. Nomenclature updated where possible through recent systematic revisions and checklists (e.g. Darragh, 1970).
Metadata
Database number:72223
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-28 17:30:23 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-05-28 17:30:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18236. R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

23828 R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
24240 R. Tate. 1893. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia (Part 4). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 17:316-345 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]