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Fossil Bluff Sandstone, Tasmania, Australia

Formation	Fossil Bluff Sandstone
Age:	23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene
Interval	Aquitanian
Lithology	sandstone/siltstone, sandstone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	27

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
PL3029 - Upper Bed	Tasmania, Australia	Fossil Bluff Sandstone
Fossil Bluff Sandstone	Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Fossil Bluff Sandstone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Freestone Cove Sandstone	23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene	sandstone	8

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Aracana kershawi species	7	Ostraciontidae : Aracana : *Aracana kershawi*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Ommatocarcinus corioensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Goneplacidae : Ommatocarcinus : *Ommatocarcinus corioensis*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Ischyodus mortoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Chimaeriformes : Callorhynchidae : Ischyodus : *Ischyodus mortoni*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Cestracion cainozoicus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Heterodontiformes : Heterodontidae : Heterodontus : *Cestracion cainozoicus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Cestracion coleridgensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Heterodontiformes : Heterodontidae : Heterodontus : *Cestracion coleridgensis*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Heterodontus cainozoicus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Heterodontiformes : Heterodontidae : Heterodontus : *Heterodontus cainozoicus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Strophodus eocenicus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Heterodontiformes : Heterodontidae : Strophodus : *Strophodus eocenicus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Isurus minutus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : *Isurus minutus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Isurus retroflexus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : *Isurus retroflexus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Lamna apiculata species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna : *Lamna apiculata*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Lamna cuspidata species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna : *Lamna cuspidata*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Carcharias taurus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias : *Carcharias taurus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Palaeohypotodus rutoti species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Palaeohypotodus : *Palaeohypotodus rutoti*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Pristis recurvidens species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : Pristis : *Pristis recurvidens*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Odontoceti suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Champsodelphis : Odontoceti	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Prosqualodon davidis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Squalodontidae : Prosqualodon : *Prosqualodon davidis*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Wynyardia bassiana species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Wynyardiidae : Wynyardia : *Wynyardia bassiana*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Eucrassatella oblonga species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Eucrassatella : *Eucrassatella oblonga*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Serripecten yahliensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Serripecten : *Serripecten yahliensis*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Proxichione hormophora species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Proxichione : *Proxichione hormophora*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Zenatiopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : *Zenatiopsis*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Aturia cubaensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : *Aturia cubaensis*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Athleta (Ternivoluta) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : *Athleta (Ternivoluta)*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Umbilia : *Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Willungia tasmanica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Willungia : *Willungia tasmanica*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Tylospira glomerata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Struthiolariidae : Tylospira : *Tylospira glomerata*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene

References

Scott H. H. (1914) Notes on a fossil whale from Wynyard, Tasmania, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1913, 167-172

Flynn T. T. (1923) A whale of bygone days, Australian Museum Magazine 1, 266-272

Chapman F., Cudmore F. A. (1924) New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group, Royal Society of Victoria 36 2, 107-162

Powell A. W. B. (1938) Tertiary molluscan faunules from the Waitemata beds, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 68, 362-379

Glaessner M. F. (1955) Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia, Records of the South Australia Museum, 353-371

Jenkins R. J. F. (1975) The fossil crab Ommatocarcinus corioensis (Cresswell) and a review of related Australiasian species, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 36, 33-62

Aplin K. A. (1985) Wynyardia bassiana Spencer, 1901: The Wynyard marsupial, Kadimakara: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia, 219-224

Beu A. G., Darragh T.A. (2001) Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113 1, 1-205

Darragh T. A. (2002) A revision of the Australian genus Umbilia (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae), Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 59 2, 355-392

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!

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