Wy Yung Gravel Mbr, Tambo River Fm (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 147.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° S, 146.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wy Yung Gravel Member (Tambo River Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Wy Yung Gravel Mbr of the Tambo River FM, which conformably overlies the Wuk Wuk Fm, and is conformably overlain by the Jemmys Point Fm. AGE: Late Miocene (Mitchellian) 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; conglomerate

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gravel. 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 72228: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Restricted list, only comprising bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with species-level assignments.
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae