Port Phillip: Middle Miocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
|
|||||||
|
Sphenotrochus wellsi
Cairns 1997
|
Cairns 1997 | stony coral |
|||||
|
Foveolocyathus kitsoni
(Dennant 1901)
|
stony coral |
||||||
|
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
|
|||||||
|
Notophyllia aperta
Dennant 1899
|
Cairns 2001 | stony coral |
|||||
|
Notophyllia semivestita
Dennant 1899
|
Cairns 2001 | stony coral |
|||||
|
Notophyllia gracilis
Dennant 1899
|
Cairns 2001 | stony coral |
|||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.2° South, 144.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° South, 143.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.97 - 11.61 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Balcombian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92292 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-05 04:54:32 | Last modified: | 2009-11-05 07:04:06 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-11-05 04:54:32 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| ||||||
Secondary references:
|