Grange Burn Coquina (Pliocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° S, 141.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Bochara Limestone Member (Port Campbell Limestone Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. T. Woods. 1962. Fossil marsupials and Cainozoic continental stratigraphy in Australia; a review. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 14(2):41-49 [M. Uhen/M. Nelson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182909: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margot Nelson on 28.11.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Osmeriformes - Osmeridae
"Sparidarum glaber" = Hypomesus glaber
"Sparidarum glaber" = Hypomesus glaber Stinton 1962
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastodes fissicostatus Stinton 1962 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
"Sillaginoides punctata" = Sillaginodes, "Sillago pliocenica" = Sillago pliocaenica
"Sillaginoides punctata" = Sillaginodes
"Sillago pliocenica" = Sillago pliocaenica Stinton 1952
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidarum posti n. sp. Schwarzhans 1985 herring
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis incognitus Castle 1963 conger eel
Mammalia
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Macropodidae indet. Gray 1821 kangaroo