Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° S, 140.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Sr dating of shells from 1 m below the base of the Grange Burn Formation, within the Muddy Creek Marl, yielded an age of 10.8 Ma (Dickinson et al., 2002). The presence of the foraminiferan Orbulina suturalis indicates a zone N10 age (Middle Miocene, Serravallian, 12-14 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Adelaide (AUGD)

Primary reference: B. McGowran. 1959. Tertiary nautiloids (Eutrephoceras and Cimomia) from South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 33:435-448 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171282: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2015

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