Beaumaris: Messinian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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? Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
= Carettochelyidae indet.
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Rule et al. 2021 | |||||||||
NMV P161476, nuchal fragment | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Nummopalatus depressus
(Chapman and Prtichard 1907)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Sillaginidae
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Sillago pliocaenica
Stinton 1952
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Stinton 1957 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Lactariidae
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Lactarius tumulatus
Stinton 1957
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Pseudaptenodytes macrei
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
? Pseudaptenodytes minor
Simpson 1970
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pseudaptenodytes | ||||||||||
Pseudaptenodytes minor n. gen., n. sp.
Simpson 1970
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Simpson 1970 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pseudaptenodytes | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea thyridata
Wilkinson 1969
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornis sp.
Lartet 1857
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Fitzgerald et al. 2012 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Diprotodontidae
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Kolopsis cf. torus
Woodburne 1967
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Zygomaturus gilli
Stirton 1967
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Scaldicetus macgeei n. sp.
Chapman 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Physetodon baileyi n. sp.
McCoy 1879
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McCoy 1879 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Hoplocetinae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Steno cudmorei n. sp.
Chapman 1917
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Chapman 1917 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
= "Steno" cudmorei
Chapman 1917
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Fitzgerald 2005 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Delphinidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaenidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
original and current combination Balanadae | ||||||||||
cf. Balaena sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Megaptera sp.
Gray 1846
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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"Cetotheriidae" indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
? Neobalaenidae indet.
Miller 1923
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Fitzgerald 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Neobalaeninae | ||||||||||
Caperea sp.
Gray 1864
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Marx et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P233333 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Pinnipedia indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Rule et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NMV P251642 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Monachinae indet.
Trouessart 1897
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Fordyce and Flannery 1983 | |||||||||
Phocidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
NMV P41759 | ||||||||||
= Monachini indet.
Trouessart 1904
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Rule et al. 2021 | |||||||||
sp. 1 & 2 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Callorhynchidae
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Ischyodus cf. dolloi
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Edaphodontidae
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Edaphodon sweeti
Chapman and Pritchard 1907
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Edaphodon mirabilis
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Edaphodon cf. mirabilis
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Edaphodon mirabilis n. sp.
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Myliobatis affinis n. sp.
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Isuridae
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Oxyrhina eocaena
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
Isurus minutus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
original and current combination Oxyrhina minuta | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis recurvidens n. sp.
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus cainozoicus
Pledge 1985
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Cestracion novozelandicus
Chapman 1918
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Cestracion longidens n. sp.
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Cestracion cainozoicus n. sp.
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
Cestracion cainozoicus
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus lanceolatus
(Davis 1888)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notidanus jenningsi n. sp.
Chapman and Pritchard 1904
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Megascyliorhinus sp.
Cappetta and Ward 1977
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus
(Gunther 1870)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeata
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
replaced by Prionace | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon carcharias
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Carcharodon auriculatus
(Blainville 1818)
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
Isurus retroflexus
(Agassiz 1838)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Oxyrhina retroflexa
Agassiz 1838
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Isurus retroflexus | ||||||||||
Oxyrhina desori
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
synonym of Isurus oxyrinchus | ||||||||||
Isurus desori
Sismonda 1849
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
? Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Lamna crassidens
Agassiz 1838
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias taurus
Rafinesque 1810
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Carcharias victoriae n. sp.
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Carcharias collata
Eastman 1904
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis attenuata
(Davis 1888)
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
Odontaspis incurva
(Davis 1888)
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
Odontaspis cuspidata
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chapman and Pritchard 1904 | |||||||||
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Parotodus benedenii
(Le Hon 1871)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Strophodus eocenicus
Tate 1894
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Umbilia (Umbilia) hesitata
(Iredale 1916)
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Darragh 2002 | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia coxi
Miller 1947
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Beu 1973 | |||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Goneplacidae
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Ommatocarcinus corioensis
(Creswell 1886)
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Jenkins 1975 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 38.0° South, 145.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° South, 144.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Messinian | Zone: | N17-18 |
Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Black Rock Sandstone | Member: | Sandringham Sandstone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: basal Black Rock Sandstone, Cheltenhamian to Kalimnan; late Messinian. PJW: was given as Zanclean, but it should be Messinian. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous,phosphatic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: ferruginous and phosphatic nodules in a matrix of quartz sand and gravel | |
Environment: | shoreface |
Geology comments: shallow shelf to shoreface, upward shoaling over time, backshore deposits present |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: National Museum of Victoria |
Metadata
Database number: | 46167 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Wagner, A. Hendy, E. Vlachos, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, M. Clapham, P. Wagner, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-01-06 14:57:35 | Last modified: | 2020-08-19 16:04:13 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-06 14:57:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13630. | F. Chapman. 1912. On the occurrence of Scaldicetus in Victoria. Department of Mines (Geological Survey [Australia]) 1912:236-238 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
59708 | A. G. Beu. 1973. Nautiloids of the genus Aturia from the uppermost Miocene of Australia and New Zealand. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. Special Volume (Hatai Memorial Volume) 6:297-308 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
12318 | F. Chapman. 1917. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 30(1):32-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
61651 | F. Chapman and G. B. Pritchard. 1904. Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17:267-297 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] | |
18301 | T. A. Darragh. 2002. A revision of the Australian genus Umbilia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 59(2):355-392 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] | |
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] | |
42364 | E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2012. Possible neobalaenid from the Miocene of Australia implies a long evolutionary history for the pygmy right whale Caperea marginata (Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4):976-980 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
72342 | E. M. G. Fitzgerald, D. Hastie, J. Buckeridge and P. Scofield. 2013. Earliest seals from Australia reveal colonization of Southern Ocean by archaic Monachinae (Phocidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts 2013:127-128 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
42366 | E. M. G. Fitzgerald, T. Park, and T. H. Worthy. 2012. First giant bony-toothed bird (Pelagornithidae) from Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(4):971-974 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
23820 | R. E. Fordyce and T. F. Flannery. 1983. Fossil phocid seals from the late Tertiary of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95(1-2):99-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
40400 | D. I. Hastie and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2011. Biogeographic significance of a basal monachine seal (Carnivora: Phocidae) from the Late Miocene of Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia 2011, CAVEPS Perth 2011,13th conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution Palaentology and Systematics, April 27th–30th: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record 2011(9):44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
31105 | R. J. F. Jenkins. 1975. The fossil crab Ommatocarcinus corioensis (Cresswell) and a review of related Australiasian species. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 36:33-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] | |
66230 | F. G. Marx, T. Park, E. M. G. Fitzgerald and A. R. Evans. 2018. A Miocene pygmy right whale fossil from Australia. PeerJ 6:e5025 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15489 | F. McCoy. 1879. Decade VI. Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria 1-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
79163 | J. P. Rule, J. W. Adams, and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2021. Early monk seals (Monachinae: Monachini) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene of Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(6):441-459 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
73475 | J. P. Rule, J. W. Adaws, and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2020. Colonization of the ancient southern oceans by small-sized Phocidae: new evidence from Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
78839 | J. P. Rule, L. Kool, W. M. G. Parker and E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2021. Turtles all the way down: Neogene pig-nosed turtle fossil from southern Australia reveals cryptic freshwater turtle invasions and extinctions. Papers in Palaeontology 1-7 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
25175 | G. G. Simpson. 1970. Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31:17-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
76029 | F. C. Stinton. 1957. Fish otoliths from the Tertiary strata of Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 70:81-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |