Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 138.7° E: paleocoordinates 56.8° S, 133.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortachilla Limestone Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Preserved in a glauconitic limestone which is the probable subsurface equivalent of the Tortachilla Limestone, in the Adelaide Plains Basin. Late Bartonian according to McGowran et al., 2004.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, glauconitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: core,

• Repository: South Australian Museum

Primary reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1955. Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia. Records of the South Australia Museum 353-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50358: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.05.2005

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