Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° S, 140.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Muddy Creek Marl Member (Port Campbell Limestone Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Balcombian in Australian timescale.
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray, silty marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. Chapman
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• 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 179948: 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 | |
"Carcharodon robustus" = Carcharodon auriculatus, "Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Carcharodon robustus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilus balcombensis Chapman 1915 nautiloid |