Fyansford Fm (Miocene of Australia)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, not stated in text.

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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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Restricted list, only comprising bivalvia and gastropoda from taxonomically limited publications. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with species-level assignments.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Ternivoluta) antiscalaris McCoy 1866 volute
SUBSPECIES: A. (T.) antiscalaris antiscalaris
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Umbilia (Umbilia) eximia Sowerby 1845 cowry
Umbilia (Umbilia) siphonata Chapman 1922 cowry
Austrocypraea contusa McCoy 1877 cowry
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Semipallium foulcheri Tenison Woods 1865 scallop
Veprichlamys leprosa Beu and Darragh 2001 scallop
Serripecten semilaevis McCoy 1876 scallop
Serripecten yahliensis Tenison Woods 1865 scallop
Talochlamys keiloriana Crespin 1926 scallop
Dichotochlamys dichotomalis Tate 1886 scallop
Austrohinnites corioensis McCoy 1879 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Eotrigonia tubulifera Tate 1885 clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Ommatocarcinus corioensis Creswell 1886 crab