Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (lower blue marls) (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° S, 140.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Muddy Creek Marl Member (Port Campbell Limestone Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Balcombian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, blue marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Repository: National Museum of Victoria

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1915. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 27:350-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179957: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2016, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Sepiida -
Notosepia cliftonensis Chapman 1915 cuttlefish
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Periplacotrochus elegans Tenison-Woods 1878 stony coral
Periplacotrochus cudmorei Cairns 2017 stony coral
Periplacotrochus elongatus Duncan 1864 stony coral
Periplacotrochus deltoideus Duncan 1864 stony coral