Fyansford Fm - Corio Bay (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 142.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fyansford Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fyansford Fm, which conformably overlies the Puebla Fm (Early Miocene and Batesford Limestone, and is unconformably overlain by the Black Rock Sandstone and Moorabool Viaduct Sandstone (Late Miocene). AGE: Middle Miocene (Batesfordian-early Bairnsdalian) according to Beu and Darragh (2001). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown stratigraphic position(s) within single section. NOTES: From antiquated publication that predates establishment of region lithostratigraphic framework. Assignments to lithostratigraphic unit and age are based on interpretation by enterer on the basis of cross-referening localities and taxa to more recent publications (e.g. Darragh 1970, Darragh 1986, and in particular Beu and Darragh 2001).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; yellow sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: "Yellow sand rock". LITHIFICATION: Unknown, not stated in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown collectors, possibly including Tate (1880's). REPOSITORY: South Australia Museum (SAM), Adelaide, Australia.

Primary reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72206: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive list, comprising bivalvia, gastropoda, and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Very antiquated nomenclature (c. 1880's) with species-level assignments from authoritative publication. Nomenclature updated where possible through recent systematic revisions and checklists (e.g. Darragh, 1970).
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda lucida" = Saccella vagans
"Leda lucida" = Saccella vagans Tate 1887 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula atkinsoni" = Pronucula atkinsoni, "Nucula tumida" = Ennucula tenisoni
"Nucula atkinsoni" = Pronucula atkinsoni Johnston 1880 nut clam
"Nucula tumida" = Ennucula tenisoni Pritchard 1896 nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita scabrosa" = Glans scabrosa
"Cardita scabrosa" = Glans scabrosa Tate 1886 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula ephamilla" = Notocorbula ephamilla2
"Corbula ephamilla" = Notocorbula ephamilla2 Tate 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea eburnea" = Fossacallista eburnea2, "Chione corioensis" = Katelysia corioensis2
"Cytherea eburnea" = Fossacallista eburnea2 Tate 1887 venus clam
"Chione corioensis" = Katelysia corioensis2 Tate 1887 venus clam
 Thraciida - Myochamidae
"Myodora tenuilirata" = Myadora tenuilirata2
"Myodora tenuilirata" = Myadora tenuilirata2 Tate 1887 clam
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
"Modiolaria corioensis" = Lanistina corioensis
"Modiolaria corioensis" = Lanistina corioensis Tate 1886 mussel
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer fenestratus Tate 1886 mussel
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis belcheri Adams and Reeve 1850 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea corioensis McCoy 1876 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Macrodon cainozoicus" = Notogrammatodon cainozoicus
"Macrodon cainozoicus" = Notogrammatodon cainozoicus Tate 1886 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Hinnites corioensis" = Austrohinnites corioensis, "Pecten yahliensis" = Serripecten yahliensis
"Hinnites corioensis" = Austrohinnites corioensis McCoy 1879 scallop
"Pecten yahliensis" = Serripecten yahliensis Tenison Woods 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
"Dimya dissimilis" = Dimyodon dissimilis
"Dimya dissimilis" = Dimyodon dissimilis Tate 1886 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Entalis mantelli" = Fissidentalium mantelli1
"Entalis mantelli" = Fissidentalium mantelli1 Zittel 1865 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Torcula murrayana" = Maoricolpus murrayana3, "Turritella acricula" = Gazameda acricula3
"Torcula murrayana" = Maoricolpus murrayana3 Tate 1885 turret shell
"Turritella acricula" = Gazameda acricula3 Tate 1893 turret shell