Sandford Limestone (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 138.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sandford Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Sandford Limestone. Lithostratigraphic relations are not known. AGE: Early Miocene (Longfordian) 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; lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of facies.

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 72229: 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.
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Serripecten yahliensis, Semipallium foulcheri
Serripecten yahliensis Tenison Woods 1865 scallop
Semipallium foulcheri Tenison Woods 1865 scallop