Ad24. Bird Rock: Chattian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Urconger rectus
Fitzgerald 2004
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Waldheimia corioensis McCoy 1877
McCoy 1877
recombined as Cudmorella corioensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus gaderopoides McCoy 1876
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosina multilamellata
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zoila glomerabilis Darragh 2011
Darragh 2011
Umbilia (Umbilia) prosila Darragh 2002
Darragh 2002
Cypraea (Aricia) platyrhyncha n. sp. McCoy 1876
McCoy 1876
recombined as Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Liotina lamellosa
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Danilia euglypta
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Fitzgerald 2004
Mammalia - Cetacea
Prosqualodon sp. Lydekker 1894
Fitzgerald 2004
Mammalia - Cetacea - Waipatiidae
? Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (Abel 1901)
Fitzgerald 2004
    = Waipatiidae indet. Fordyce 1994
Fitzgerald 2016
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
Fitzgerald 2004
Mammalia - Cetacea - Mammalodontidae
Mammalodon informal new species 1
Fitzgerald 2004
Mammalodon colliveri n. gen., n. sp. Pritchard 1939
Pritchard 1939 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Astroconger rostratus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
Heterenchelys regularis Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Rhynchoconger regularis
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus pervetustus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Megalops lissa Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coelorhynchus elevatus Stinton 1956
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius fimbriatus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Beryciformes
Trachichthodes salebrosus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Monocentridae
Cleidopus carvernosus
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Sillaginidae
Sillago pliocaenica Stinton 1952
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Xiphias sp. Linnaeus 1758
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Ophidion granosum Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Hoplobrotula granosum
Gadus refertus Stinton 1957
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Nolfophidion refertus
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Isurus minutus (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
original and current combination Oxyrhina minuta
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cainozoicus Pledge 1985
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus regroflexus
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus desorii (Agassiz 1843)
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
synonym of Isurus oxyrinchus
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Fitzgerald 2004
Carcharoides totuserratus Ameghino 1901
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis incurva (Davis 1888)
Fitzgerald 2004
Odontaspis attenuata (Davis 1888)
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Carcharias elegans (Agassiz 1838)
Fitzgerald 2004
synonym of Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon angustidens (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
Lamna apiculata (Agassiz 1838)
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
original and current combination Otodus apiculatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Fitzgerald 2004
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Schizaster) halli McNamara and Philip 1980
McNamara and Philip 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.3° South, 144.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.9° South, 142.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:28.10000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:25.7 to 23.9 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jan Juc
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Jan Juc Fm, which overlies the Demons Bluff Fm (Late Oligocene) and is overlain by the Puebla Fm (Early Miocene). The Jan Juc Fm is laterally contiguous with the Pt Addis and Waurn Ponds Fm. AGE: Late Oligocene according to molluscan biostratigraphy of Darragh and Kendrick (2000) and Beu and Darragh (2001). Fig. 5 of Beu and Darragh (2001), however, indicates the the base of the formation is correlated to the base of the Aquitanian (Early Miocene), while their appendix lists Late Oligocene as the age. Janjukian local stage=Chattian-Aquitanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, not reported in text.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Apparently a siliciclastic, shallow marine setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Includes both antiquated (Tate 1880's) and modern nomenclature, but all at species-level resolution. Nomenclature revised following Darragh (1980 and later texts).
Metadata
Also known as:PL3024
Database number:48647
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner, M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:72236
Created:2005-03-25 08:37:10 Last modified:2016-02-06 09:49:35
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-25 08:37:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12938. T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2000. Eocene bivalves and gastropods from the Pallinup Siltstone, Western Australia, with new records from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112(1):17-58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

18299 A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113(1):1-205 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
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]
57935 T. A. Darragh. 2011. A revision of the Australian fossil species of Zoila (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 68:1-28 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]
59926 E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2016. A late Oligocene waipatiid dolphin (Odontoceti: Waipatiidae) from Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 74:117-136 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
55050 F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2:140434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57704 F. McCoy. 1876. Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria. Decade 3. 1-40 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]
30240 F. McCoy. 1877. Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria, Decade V 1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]
70170 K. J. McNamara and G. M. Philip. 1980. Australian Tertiary schizasterid echinoids. Alcheringa 4(1):47-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12091 B. G. Pritchard. 1939. On the discovery of a fossil whale in the older Tertiaries of Torquay, Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 55(9):151-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]