Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 142.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Fyansford Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fyansford Fm, which conformably overlies the Puebla Fm (Early Miocene and Batesford Limestone, and is unconformably overlain by the Black Rock Sandstone and Moorabool Viaduct Sandstone (Late Miocene). AGE: Middle Miocene (Batesfordian-early Bairnsdalian) according to Beu and Darragh (2001). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple localities and horizons, hence assigned to a "formation" scale.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Multiple, unknown collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including the Museum of Victoria, Melborne, Victoria, Australia.
Primary reference: A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113(1):1-205 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72201: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2007
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