Dutton Way: Zanclean, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
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Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Ischyodus dolloi
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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? Phocidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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| original and current combination Phocadae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaenidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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| original and current combination Balanadae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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Megaptera sp.
Gray 1846
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Delphinoidea indet.
Flower 1865
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Delphinus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| or Stenella sp. | ||||||||||
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cf. Tursiops sp.
Gervais 1855
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kogiidae
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Kogiidae indet.
Miller 1923
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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cf. Physeter sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Dasyuromorphia
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Dasyuromorphia indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Diprotodontidae
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Diprotodontidae indet.
Gill 1872
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| sp. A, C | ||||||||||
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Zygomaturinae indet.
Stirton et al. 1967
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| sp. T | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Palorchestidae
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Palorchestidae indet.
Tate 1948
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Palorchestes sp.
Owen 1874
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Vombatidae
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Vombatidae indet.
Burnett 1829
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Ektopodontidae
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Ektopodontidae indet.
Stirton et al. 1967
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
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Sthenurus sp.
Owen 1874
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Macropodidae
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Macropodidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Macropus sp.
Shaw 1790
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Protemnodon sp.
Owen 1874
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 141.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° South, 141.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | Foram zone: | N18-N19 |
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 5.33 to 3.6 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Whaler's Bluff | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age after Boessenecker et al., 2019.
early Pliocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Portland | ||
| Database number: | 51328 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-02 18:12:22 | Last modified: | 2019-02-19 12:49:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-02 18:12:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12558. | E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. The fossil record of cetaceans (Mammalia) on the Australian continent. The Fossil Collector 72:5-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 13595 | R. W. Boessenecker, D. J. Eheret, D. J. Long, M. Churchill, E. Martin and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ 7:e6088 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 13672 | E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2004. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(2):183-208 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 23666 | E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2005. Pliocene marine mammals from the Whalers Bluff Formation of Portland, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62(1):67-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |