Batesford Quarry: Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Sphyrna prisca Agassiz 1843
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
recombined as Cestracion prisca
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus primigenius (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus (Davis 1888)
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Pristiophorus lanceolata
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Fitzgerald 2004
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus (Gunther 1870)
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Orectolobus sp.
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamnidae indet. Müller and Henle 1838
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus oxyrhynchus (Rafinesque 1810)
Fitzgerald 2004
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus
Isurus cf. oxyrhynchus (Rafinesque 1810)
Fitzgerald 2004
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus cf. paucus Guitart-Manday 1966
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus retroflexus (Agassiz 1838)
Fitzgerald 2004
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Carcharoides totuserratus Ameghino 1901
Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
Fitzgerald 2004
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. (Brandt 1872)
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae indet. Gill 1872
Fitzgerald 2004
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Fitzgerald 2004
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon sp. Gervais 1857
Fitzgerald 2004
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]