Murray River Cliffs (probably near Blanchetown) (Miocene of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.3° S, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° S, 137.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Morgan Limestone, now considered to be a subgroup; formation not known.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171284: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus altifrons n. sp. Chapman 1915 nautiloid