Where: Victoria, Australia (38.2° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° S, 143.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Balcombe Marl Member (Fyansford Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Balcombian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by F.A. Cudmore
• Repository: National Museum of Victoria
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 179947: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2016, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens
"Odontaspis contortidens" = Lamna contortidens Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilus balcombensis n. sp.
Nautilus balcombensis n. sp. Chapman 1915 nautiloid |