Jemmys Point: Zanclean, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon longirostris
(Cuvier 1824)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Megaptera sp.
Gray 1846
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Fitzgerald 2005 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notorhynchus cepedianus
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria | County: | Tambo |
| Coordinates: | 37.9° South, 148.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° South, 147.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 80 feet |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jemmys Point | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Kalinmnan, planktonic foram zones N18-N19 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: sandy clay with shell beds | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lakes Entrance | ||
| Database number: | 46068 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-28 14:39:15 | Last modified: | 2006-01-30 13:44:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-28 14:39:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12281. | M. F. Glaessner. 1947. A fossil beaked whale from Lakes Entrance, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 58:25-34 [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] | |
| 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] |