Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (Dennant collection) (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 140.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Muddy Creek Marl Member (Port Campbell Limestone Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Balcombian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, blue marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Dennant

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Repository: National Museum of Victoria

Primary reference: J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:255-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179958: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Sepiida -
Notosepia cliftonensis1
Notosepia cliftonensis1 Chapman 1915 cuttlefish
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Platytrochus vacuus, Platytrochus hastatus n. sp., Platytrochus curvatus n. sp.
Platytrochus vacuus Tenison-Woods 1877 stony coral
Platytrochus hastatus n. sp. Dennant 1902 stony coral
Platytrochus curvatus n. sp. Dennant 1902 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Holcotrochus scriptus n. gen. n. sp.2, "Conocyathus scrobiculatus" = Conocyathus zelandiae
Holcotrochus scriptus n. gen. n. sp.2 Dennant 1902 stony coral
"Conocyathus scrobiculatus" = Conocyathus zelandiae Duncan 1876 stony coral
1Chapman 1915; 2Dennant 1902