Bairnsdale (a'Beckett collection) (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 147.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° S, 146.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Possibly from the middle Miocene Bairnsdale Limestone, but not stated

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by W.A.C. a'Beckett

• 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 179954: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus cf. altifrons Chapman 1915 nautiloid