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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Neotrigonia howitti clam |