Batesford Quarry: Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Sphyrna prisca
Agassiz 1843
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
recombined as Cestracion prisca | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notorhynchus primigenius
(Agassiz 1835)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Pristiophoridae
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Pristiophorus lanceolatus
(Davis 1888)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata | |||||||
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 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Orectolobus sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias taurus
Rafinesque 1810
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamnidae indet.
Müller and Henle 1838
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Isurus oxyrhynchus
(Rafinesque 1810)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus | |||||||
Isurus cf. oxyrhynchus
(Rafinesque 1810)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus | |||||||
Isurus planus
(Agassiz 1856)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Isurus cf. paucus
Guitart-Manday 1966
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Isurus desori
Sismonda 1849
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Isurus retroflexus
(Agassiz 1838)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
Carcharoides totuserratus
Ameghino 1901
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Chapman and Cudmore 1924 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Fitzgerald 2004 | ||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodontidae indet.
Brandt 1873
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Cetotheriidae indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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Mammalia
- Diprotodontia
- Diprotodontidae
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Diprotodontidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Labrodon sp.
Gervais 1857
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
Coordinates: | 38.1° South, 144.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.2° South, 142.6° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Batesford Limestone | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Batesfordian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: calcareous sand and gravel | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 51330 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | C. Pimiento | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-06-02 18:24:39 | Last modified: | 2014-07-12 09:50:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-02 18:24:39 |
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:
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] | |
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] |