Fred's Landing: Rupelian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Sherbonina atkinsoni
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Anthozoa
- Pennatulacea
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Graphularia sp.
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus maslinensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Lamna cf. apiculata
(Agassiz 1838)
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| original and current combination Otodus apiculatus | |||||||
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Scutellinoides patella
(Tate 1891)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Schizaster) aff. halli
McNamara and Philip 1980
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McNamara and Philip 1980 | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Corystusidae
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Corystus dysasteroides
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Murravia catenuliformis
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratellidae
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Waldheimia cf. insolita
Tate 1880
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| recombined as Aliquantula insolita | |||||||
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Magasella woodsiana
Tate 1880
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| recombined as Magadinella woodsiana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Globigerinidae
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Globigerina ciperoensis
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Globigerina ouchitatensis
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Chiloguembelinidae
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Chiloguembelina cubensis
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Bolivinopsis cubensis
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Heterohelicidae
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Guembelitria triseriata
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cancrisidae
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Gyroidinoides cf. allani
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| original and current combination Valvalabamina | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | South Australia |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° South, 139.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.8° South, 135.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Buccleuch | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Buccleuch Formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,glauconitic,green "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: pale green, limonite-stained and slightly glauconitic | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tailem Bend | ||
| Database number: | 45823 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-06 11:00:22 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:00:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-06 11:00:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12172. | N. S. Pledge. 1994. Cetacean fossils from the Lower Oligocene of South Australia. Records of the South Australia Musuem 27(2):117-123 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 70170 | K. J. McNamara and G. M. Philip. 1980. Australian Tertiary schizasterid echinoids. Alcheringa 4(1):47-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |