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Cameron Inlet, Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Lat/Long (Decimal)-39.9833,148.083
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationTasmania, Australia
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Cameron InletFitzgerald E. M. G. (2004)Cameron InletMiddle to Upper Pliocene, post-Kalimnan, pre-Maretimo (Sutherland and Kershaw 1971)"limestone"5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Carcharhinus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Carcharodon carcharias
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon carcharias5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Isurus oxyrinchus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : Isurus oxyrinchus5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Otodus megalodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : Otodus megalodon5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Cosmopolitodus hastalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Carcharodontidae : Cosmopolitodus : Cosmopolitodus hastalis5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Balaenoptera sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Balaenoptera5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Megaptera sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Megaptera5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Delphinidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Physeter sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Physeter5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Mesoplodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Hyperoodontidae : Mesoplodon5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Ziphiidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Eboroziphius : Ziphiidae5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic

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
Fitzgerald E. M. G. (2005) Pliocene marine mammals from the Whalers Bluff Formation of Portland, Victoria, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62 1, 67-89
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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