Balcombe Bay (Cudmore collection): Langhian, Australia
collected by F.A. Cudmore
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus balcombensis n. sp.
Chapman 1915
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Odontaspis contortidens
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamna contortidens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.2° South, 145.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° South, 143.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fyansford | Member: | Balcombe Marl | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Balcombian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified silty claystone |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: Described as "outer shelf to epibathyal facies" by Warne (1986, 1987) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | F.A. Cudmore |
| Collection method comments: Repository: National Museum of Victoria | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179947 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Clapham, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-04 17:43:07 | Last modified: | 2019-08-09 16:43:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-04 17:43:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59709. | F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 61719 | F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |