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Mannum - Upper, South Australia, Australia
Formation | Mannum |
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Member | Upper |
Age: | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene |
Interval | Early Miocene |
Lithology | mixed carbonate-siliciclastic |
Number of Collections | 3 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Wongulla | South Australia, Australia | Mannum - Upper |
Blanchetown | South Australia, Australia | Mannum - Upper |
MacBean's Pound | Loxton, Murray Riverlands, Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia | Mannum - Upper |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mysticeti suborder | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Burtinopsis : Mysticeti | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Cetotheriidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Cetotheriidae | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Squalodontidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Squalodontidae | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Operculina sp. genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Nummulitidae : Operculina | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
References
Fitzgerald E. M. G. (2004) A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia, Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61 2, 183-208 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!