Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (NZGS 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 marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the IGNS

Primary reference: A. G. Beu. 1973. Nautiloids of the genus Aturia from the uppermost Miocene of Australia and New Zealand. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:297-308 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180104: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841 nautiloid