Beaumaris (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.0° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° S, 144.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: N17-18 zone, Sandringham Sandstone Member (Black Rock Sandstone Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• basal Black Rock Sandstone, Cheltenhamian to Kalimnan; late Messinian. PJW: was given as Zanclean, but it should be Messinian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; ferruginous, phosphatic sandstone

• shallow shelf to shoreface, upward shoaling over time, backshore deposits present
• ferruginous and phosphatic nodules in a matrix of quartz sand and gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Repository: National Museum of Victoria

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 46167: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2005, edited by Austin Hendy, Pete Wagner, Matthew Clapham and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia coxi1 Miller 1947 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Umbilia (Umbilia) hesitata4 Iredale 1916 cowry
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Ommatocarcinus corioensis10 Creswell 1886 crab
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp.5 Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Myliobatis affinis n. sp.2 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 eagle ray
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina eocaena3, "Isurus minutus" = Oxyrhina minuta2
Oxyrhina eocaena3 mackerel shark
"Isurus minutus" = Oxyrhina minuta2 Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Strophodus eocenicus2 Tate 1894 elasmobranch
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Cestracion longidens n. sp.2 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 bullhead shark
Cestracion novozelandicus2 Chapman 1918 bullhead shark
Cestracion cainozoicus n. sp.3 Chapman and Pritchard 1904 bullhead shark
Cestracion cainozoicus2 Chapman and Pritchard 1904 bullhead shark
Heterodontus cainozoicus5 Pledge 1985 bullhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notidanus jenningsi n. sp.3 Chapman and Pritchard 1904 cow shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus5 Davis 1888 saw shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis recurvidens n. sp.2 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 sawfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus sp.5 Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeata" = Prionace2, Carcharhinus sp.5, Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus5
"Carcharias (Prionodon) aculeata" = Prionace2 blue shark
Carcharhinus sp.5 de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus5 Gunther 1870 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus5 Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis attenuata3 Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis incurva3 Davis 1888 sand tiger shark
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus3 Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias taurus5 Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias collata2 Eastman 1904 sand shark
Carcharias victoriae n. sp.2 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus3, Isurus desori5, "Isurus retroflexus" = Isurus retroflexus5, "Oxyrhina retroflexa" = Isurus retroflexus3, Carcharodon carcharias2, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis5, Carcharodon auriculatus2, ? Lamna sp.5, Lamna crassidens2
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus3 Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus desori5 Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
"Isurus retroflexus" = Isurus retroflexus5 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Oxyrhina retroflexa" = Isurus retroflexus3 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
Carcharodon carcharias2 Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis5 Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharodon auriculatus2 Blainville 1818 white shark
? Lamna sp.5 Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark
Lamna crassidens2 Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Parotodus benedenii5, "Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon5
Parotodus benedenii5 Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon5 Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon mirabilis5 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 chimaera
Edaphodon cf. mirabilis5 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 chimaera
Edaphodon mirabilis n. sp.2 Chapman and Cudmore 1924 chimaera
Edaphodon sweeti5 Chapman and Pritchard 1907 chimaera
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus cf. dolloi5 plownose chimaera
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet.5 Gray 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet.5 Gray 1821 sperm whale
Physetodon baileyi n. sp.12 McCoy 1879 sperm whale
 Cetacea -
Scaldicetus macgeei n. sp. Chapman 1912 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
"Steno" cudmorei6 Chapman 1917 dolphin
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera sp.5 Gray 1846 humpback whale
Balaenoptera sp.5 Lacépède 1804 rorqual
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenidae indet.5 Gray 1821 right whale
cf. Balaena sp.5 Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
"Cetotheriidae" indet.5, "? Neobalaenidae indet." = Neobalaeninae7, Caperea sp.11
"Cetotheriidae" indet.5 Brandt 1872 whale
"? Neobalaenidae indet." = Neobalaeninae7 Miller 1923 pygmy right whale
Caperea sp.11 Gray 1864 pygmy right whale
NMV P233333
 Carnivora -
Pinnipedia indet.14 pinniped
NMV P251642
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachinae indet.9 Trouessart 1897 seal
Monachini indet.13 Trouessart 1904 seal
NMV P41759
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Zygomaturus gilli5 Stirton 1967 diprotodont marsupial
Kolopsis cf. torus5 Woodburne 1967 diprotodont marsupial
Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornis sp.8 Lartet 1857 bird
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet.5 Bonaparte 1831 penguin
? Pseudaptenodytes minor5 Simpson 1970 penguin
Pseudaptenodytes minor n. gen. n. sp.15 Simpson 1970 penguin
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Diomedea thyridata5 Wilkinson 1969 albatross
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Sillago pliocaenica16 Stinton 1952
 Labriformes - Labridae
Nummopalatus depressus2 Chapman and Prtichard 1907
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius tumulatus5 Stinton 1957 perch-like fish