Christie's Beach: Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| similar to Palaeeudyptes antarcticus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° South, 138.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° South, 136.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 100255 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-04 03:16:14 | Last modified: | 2010-12-03 10:16:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-04 03:16:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34411. | H. H. Finlayson. 1938. On the occurrence of a fossil penguin in Miocene beds in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62(1):14-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |