East Tasman Rise (Miocene to of Australia)
Also known as Eastern Scarp, East Tasman Plateau
Where: Tasmania, Australia (43.9° S, 151.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° S, 151.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
• ?silicified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(2):183-208 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51419: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.06.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale | |
? Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale |