West Melbourne Swamp (Pleistocene of Australia)
Also known as Batman's Swamp
Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 144.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 144.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204328: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena novaehollandiae Günther 1900 barracuda | |
Pagrosomus auratus perch-like fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus eagle ray | |
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark |