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Blanche Point, South Australia, Australia

FormationBlanche Point
Member(s)Transitional Marl
Age:37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
IntervalLate Eocene
Lithologymarl, "siliciclastic"
Number of Collections11
Number of Occurrences33

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Maslin BaySouth Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point
South Maslin Sand - St Vincent BasinSouth Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point
Southern end of Blanche PointPort Augusta, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point
Witton BluffMount Lyndhurst station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point - Transitional Marl
Adelaide Children's HospitalSouth Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point
Blanche Point South Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point
Scammet's WellSouth Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point
Yorke PeninsulaYorke Peninsula, South Australia, AustraliaBlanche Point

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Blanche Point - Transitional Marl37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
marl2
Blanche Point Marl37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
marl12
North Maslin Sand48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
claystone2
Port Willunga - South Maslin Sand37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
sandstone1
Tortachilla Limestone37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
limestone, sandstone57

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Panopeus whittenensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Panopeidae : Panopeus : Panopeus whittenensis37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Pachydyptes simpsoni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Pachydyptes : Pachydyptes simpsoni38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Palaeeudyptes marplesi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae : Palaeeudyptes : Palaeeudyptes marplesi37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Spheniscidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Acar sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Acar37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Arca pseudonavicularis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arca : Arca pseudonavicularis37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Barbatia limatella
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Barbatia : Barbatia limatella37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Pectunculus lenticularis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Tucetona : Pectunculus lenticularis37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Limopsis chapmani
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsidae : Limopsis : Limopsis chapmani37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Limopsis multiradiata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsidae : Limopsis : Limopsis multiradiata37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Arcopsis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : Arcopsis37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Macrodon cainozoicus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Bentharca : Macrodon cainozoicus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Limarca angustifrons
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Philobryidae : Limarca : Limarca angustifrons37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Hedecardium (Hedecardium) moniletectum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Hedecardium : Hedecardium (Hedecardium) moniletectum37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Venericardia : Venericardia (Rotundicardia)37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Salaputium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Salaputium37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Septifer (Septifer) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Septifer (Septifer)37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Nuculana chapmani
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Nuculana chapmani37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Leda planiuscula
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Sareptidae : Sarepta : Leda planiuscula37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Nucula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nucula37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Anomia cymbula
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Anomia : Anomia cymbula37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Dimya sigillata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Dimyidae : Dimya : Dimya sigillata37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Caryocorbula pixidata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Corbulidae : Caryocorbula : Caryocorbula pixidata37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Dosina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Dosina37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Aturia clarkei
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia clarkei38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Nautilus felix
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Nautilus felix38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Pseudomalaxis (Pseudomalaxis) asculpturatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : Pseudomalaxis : Pseudomalaxis (Pseudomalaxis) asculpturatus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Teinostoma (Eutinochilus) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tornidae : Teinostoma : Teinostoma (Eutinochilus)37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) armulatus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Micrelenchus : Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) armulatus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Glaessner M. F. (1955) Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia, Records of the South Australia Museum, 353-371
McGowran B. (1959) Tertiary nautiloids (Eutrephoceras and Cimomia) from South Australia, Journal of Paleontology 33, 435-448
Brodkorb P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes), Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7 4, 179-293
Jenkins R. J. F. (1974) A new giant penguin from the Eocene of Australia, Palaeontology 17 2, 291-310
Buonaiuto M. F. (1975) Note on the genus Pseudomalaxis Fischer (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and its fossil species in Australia, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99 1, 21-29
Glaessner M. F. (1980) New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104 6, 171-192
Darragh T. A., Kendrick G. W. (2000) Eocene bivalves and gastropods from the Pallinup Siltstone, Western Australia, with new records from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern Australia, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112 1, 17-58
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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